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 Senate of the Thirty-Ninth Session of Congress
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The Senate receives a message from the House notifying the Senate of the enrollment of H. R. 1143 in the House; the bill is enrolled and signed in the Senate
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