An amendment to the Constitution of the United States that granted citizenship and equal rights, both civil and legal, to Black Americans, including those who had been emancipated by the thirteenth amendment.
The Senate of the Thirty-Ninth Session of Congress
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Samuel J. Kirkwood takes his seat in the Senate; S. Res. 24 is introduced
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of both houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several States, which, when ratified by three-fourths of said legislatures, shall be valid, to all intents and purposes, as a part of said Constitution, namely:
ARTICLE —.
No payment shall ever be made by the United States or any State for or on account of the emancipation of any slave or slaves, or for or on account of any debt contracted or incurred in aid of rebellion against the national Government.