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.
A special joint committee made up of nine members from the House of Representatives six members of the Senate. This committee was formed to inquire into the condition of the states in rebellion.
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Resolution to not exclude members of Congress from rebellious States is received by the Joint Committee.
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.