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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.
Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union of the House of Representatives
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Session 14251: 1866-02-17 12:00:00
The House considers the President's Annual Message in Committee of the Whole.
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Mr. Broomall's Resolutions on Governments of Rebellious States
Revolved, 1. That in the language of the proclamation of the President of May 29, 1865, “the rebellion which was waged by a portion of the people of the United States against the properly constituted authorities of the Government thereof in the most violent and revolting form, but whose organized and armed forces have now been almost entirely overcome, has in its revolutionary progress deprived the people” of most of the States in which it was organized of all civil government.”
2. That whenever the people of any State are thus "deprived of all civil government,” it becomes the duty of Congress, by appropriate legislation, to enable them to organize a State government, and in the language of the Constitution to guaranty to such State a republican form of government.”
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- Mr. Broomall's Resolutions on Governments of Rebellious States (introduced on 1866-02-17 12:00:00 - CREATE - e899082) [This document]
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- Mr. Broomall's Resolutions on Governments of Rebellious States (introduced on 1866-02-17 12:00:00 - CREATE - e899082) [This document] [view current proposal at this moment]