Fifteenth Amendment

American  

noun

1. an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1870, prohibiting the restriction of voting rights “on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”

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Example Sentences

A further provision has been since added, which is embraced in the fifteenth amendment.

From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 7, part 2: Rutherford B. Hayes by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)

Jabez P., delivers address on the ratification of the fifteenth amendment, 422; bishop of the African M. E. Church, 459, 464.Canada,

From History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens by Williams, George Washington

Of the word "white" in this article your memorialists need not speak, as it is made a dead letter by the limitations of the fifteenth amendment to the United States constitution.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

By the fifteenth amendment no State can deny the right to vote to any citizens on account of race or color.

From The Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. Hayes by Howard, James Quay

The fifteenth amendment of the Constitution is as follows: SEC.

From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 7, part 2: Rutherford B. Hayes by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)