- Event type: CREATE
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.
The House of Representatives
The House of Representatives of the Thirty-Ninth Session of Congress
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Session 5487: 1866-01-16 12:00:00
Mr. Conkling presents resolutions to be referred to the Joint Committee on Reconstruction; the House continues to consider H. R. 1
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Resolution on Requirements for Readmission of Rebellious States to the Union
Resolved, That in reëstablishing Federal relationships with the Communities lately in rebellion so as to permit them again to participate in administering the General Government, the following are necessary and proper requirements, and ought to be secured by such measures as will render them as far as possible immutable:
1. The absolute renunciation of all the pretensions and evasions of secession as a doctrine and as a practice.
2. The repudiation both by the State and by the national Governments of all public debts and obligations, including State and municipal liabilities contracted or assumed in aid of the late rebellion, and including also all claims by or on behalf of those who were in the military or naval service of the insurgents for bounty, pay, or pensions, and all claims by persons not loyal to the United States for damages or losses suffered by reason of the rebellion and for advances made in its aid.
3. The assurance of human rights to all persons within their borders, regardless of race, creed, or color, and the adoption of such provisions against barbarism, disorder, and oppression, as will relieve the General Government from the necessity of standing guard over any portion of our country to protect the people from domestic violence and outrage.
4. The impartial distribution of political power among all sections of the country so that four million people shall no longer be represented in Congress in the interest of sectional aggrandizement and at the same time be excluded from political privileges and rights.
5. The election of Senators and Representatives in truth loyal to the United States, and never ring-leaders in the late revolt, nor guilty of dastardly betrayals which preceded the war or of atrocities which war cannot extenuate.
Decisions yet to be taken
Document Timeline
- Resolution on Requirements for Readmission of Rebellious States to the Union (introduced on 1866-01-16 12:00:00 - CREATE - e655031) [This document]
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- None (introduced on 1866-01-16 12:00:00 - DEBATE_PROPOSAL - e655033) [view current proposal at this moment]
- None (introduced on 1866-01-16 12:00:00 - DROP_PROPOSAL - e655034) [view current proposal at this moment]
- None (introduced on 1866-01-16 12:00:00 - DEBATE_PROPOSAL - e655037) [view current proposal at this moment]