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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Daniel Voorhees from Indiana enters the House; standing and select committees are appointed
Resolved, That the House of Representatives will not exclude the members of Congress elected in any of the States recently in rebellion because of the fact that the negroes, as a class, were excluded from voting at the election of said members.