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  1. Overview: United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866
  2. Full Record: United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866
  3. Committee:Senate Committee of the Whole
  4. Session: 1865-12-13 12:00:00
  5. Event type: CREATE_FROM

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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Session 6880: 1865-12-13 12:00:00

The Senate takes up consideration of S. 9, as in Committee of the Whole

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S. 9

There is 1 proposed amendment related to this document on which a decision has not been taken.

A BILL

To maintain the freedom of the inhabitants in the States declared in insurrection and rebellion by the proclamation of the President of the first of July, eighteen-hundred and sixty-two.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all laws, statutes, acts, ordinances, rules, and regulations, of any description whatsoever, heretofore in force or held valid in any of the States which were declared to be in insurrection and rebellion by the proclamation of the President of the 1st of July, 1S62, whereby or wherein any inequality of civil rights and immunities among the inhabitants of said States is recognized, authorized, established, or maintained, by reason or in consequence of any distinctions or differences of color, race, or descent, or by reason or in consequence of a previous condition or status of slavery or involuntary servitude of such inhabitants, be, and are hereby, declared null and void, and it shall be unlawful to institute, make, ordain, or establish, in any of the aforesaid States declared to be in insurrection and rebellion, any such law, statute, act, ordinance, rule, or regulation, or to enforce or to attempt to enforce the same.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any person who shall violate either of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred nor exceeding ten thousand dollars, and by imprisonment not less than six months nor exceeding five years; and it shall be the duty of the President to enforce the provisions of this act.

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  • S. 9 (introduced on 1865-12-13 12:00:00 - CREATE_FROM - e680774) [This document]
    • Motion to Refer S. 9 to the Committee on the Judiciary (introduced on 1865-12-13 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e680775)

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