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 House of Representatives of the Thirty-Ninth Session of Congress
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Mr. Kasson submits a Resolution demanding Presidential communication on the issue of rebel debt
Resolved, That the President be requested to communicate to this House, if not incompatible with the public interest, any negotiations that have been entered into by or proposed to the executive department of this Government respecting the rebel debt known as the cotton loan or any other rebel indebtedness.