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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.
Joint Committee of Fifteen on Reconstruction
A special joint committee made up of nine members from the House of Representatives six members of the Senate. This committee was formed to inquire into the condition of the states in rebellion.
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Session 6828: 1866-03-20 00:00:00
Resolutions to protect the freedmen in the reorganized rebel States are received by the Joint Committee.
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Resolutions to Protect the Freedmen in the Reorganized Rebel States
Resolved, by the House of Representatives, (the Senate concurring,) That the Constitution of the United States confers on Congress ample power for the protection of the emancipated slaves and freedmen in the States recently in rebellion.
Resolved, That in behalf of the loyal American people, the Congress of the United States pledge full and complete protection to all loyal men, irrespective of race or color, residing in the States recently in rebellion, and especially to the soldiers and sailors who served in the Union Army and Navy, and to this end the Congress will demand such guarantees as to them shall seem sufficient, before recognizing any of the new State governments which now are or which hereafter may be organized, either under the order and direction of the President or by an independent movement of the loyal people in any such State.
Resolved, That the Union party of the nation, represented in Congress, earnestly desire that all States recently in rebellion shall, at the earliest moment consistent with the safety of the national Union, be restored to all the privileges, rights, and dignities of the States of the American Union which have not been in rebellion, and that so soon as constitutional State governments are organized therein, which shall secure, by constitutional provisions, the rights of all loyal men, without regard to race or color, and when the people of such States shall have elected men of undoubted loyalty as Senators and Representatives, the Congress of the United States will recognize such government as the constitutional government of such State.
Resolved, That in addition to the foregoing, Congress will also demand, as a condition to the complete restoration of any reorganized State, the entire exemption of every citizen from liability to taxation for payment of the rebel debt, or reimbursement either of expenditure incurred by State or local authorities, in aid of the rebellion, or for loss incurred by the emancipation of slaves.
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- Resolutions to Protect the Freedmen in the Reorganized Rebel States (introduced on 1866-03-20 00:00:00 - CREATE_FROM - e680432) [This document]
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