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  1. Overview: United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866
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  3. Committee:The Senate
  4. Session: 1866-03-13 12:00:00
  5. Event type: CREATE

United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866

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.

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The Senate of the Thirty-Ninth Session of Congress

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Session 5500: 1866-03-13 12:00:00

S. 61 is referred back to the Senate with amendments made by the House

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Resolution Instructing the Committee on the Judiciary to Report a Resolution for the Amendment of the Constitution

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Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to report on or before Thursday next a resolution for the amendment of the Constitution, embracing the following provisions:

1. Predicating representation in the several States on males over the age of twenty-one.

2. Apportioning direct taxes among the several States on the actual value of real and personal estate therein.

3. Pledging the honor and faith of the country to the redemption of the loyal national debt, without in any way sealing or reducing its value.

4. Prohibiting the general Government or any State from assuming or paying any portion of the confederate debt.

5. Prohibiting the General Government or any State government from paying for any slave property.

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