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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A message from the Senate, by William J. McDonald, its Chief Clerk, informed the House that the Senate had passed, without amendment, the joint resolution of the House (No. 212) to appoint two managers for the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, to fill certain vacancies.
The message further informed the House that the Senate had agreed to the concurrent resolution of the House for the reappointment of the joint committee on reconstruction.