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  1. Overview: United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866
  2. Full Record: United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866
  3. Committee:Joint Committee of Fifteen on Reconstruction
  4. Session: 1866-04-21 11:00:00
  5. 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.

Joint Committee of Fifteen on Reconstruction

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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Session 5629: 1866-04-21 11:00:00

The Joint Committee meets; Mr. Stevens introduces a plan of reconstruction; the plan is divided and the proposition of constitutional amendment is considered by sections.

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Plan of Reconstruction [As Considered by Sections]

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A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution, and to provide for the restoration to the states lately in insurrection of their full political rights[-e896797].

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Whereas, It is expedient that the States lately in insurrection should, at the earliest day consistent with the future peace and safety of the Union, be restored to full participation in all political rights; therefore, [-e896797]

Be it resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asseState[+e896828]mbled (two-thi[-e896828]rds of bot[-e896828]h ke or enforce[+e896828]House[-e896828]s conlaw which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of[+e896828]curring), tha[-e896828]t the following Ar; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or[+e896828]ticle be proposed to the Le[-e896828]girop[+e896828]slty, without due process[+e896828]atures of th[-e896828]e selaw, nor deny to any person within it[+e896828]veral states as an amen[-e896828]dmjurisdi[+e896828]eti[+e896828]nt the equal protec[+e896828] t[-e896828]o the Cothe laws[+e896828]nstitutio[-e896828]n of the UnitRepresentatives shall be apportioned among the several states which may be included within this Union according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each Stat[+e896810]N[+e896807 -e896810]ed States, which, when ratified, by three-fourths of said leg[-e896810]is[-e896807]exclu[+e896810]la[-e896807]ng Indians not taxed. But whenever [+e896810]tures[-e896810], [-e896807] [+e896810]s[-e896807]ny State the elec[+e896810]ha[-e896807]ve franchise[+e896810]ll[-e896810] be valid [-e896807]as[-e896810] p[-e896807]nied to[+e896810]art[-e896810] of t[-e896807]portion of its male citizens, not less than twenty-one years[+e896810]he Constitutio[-e896810]n, n[-e896807]age, or in any way abridged[+e896810]amel[-e896810]y:[-e896807]ex[+e896810] [-e896807]ept f[+e896810][-e896807]

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A[-e896807]r[-e896810]ti[-e896807]the[+e896810]cl[-e896807]crime, the basis of representa[+e896810]e— [-e896810]

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Section [-e896810]1.[-e896807] No[+e896629 -e896807]in such State[+e896810] discriminati[+e896629 -e896810]on shall b[+e896629 -e896807]reduc[+e896810]e made[+e896629 -e896810] by any st[+e896629 -e896807]proportion which the n[+e896810]Until the fourth day of July, in the year 1870, all persons who voluntarily adhered to the late insurrection, giving it aid and comfort, shall be excluded from the right to vote for Representatives in Congress and for electors for President and Vice-President of the United States. [+e896822]

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Sec. 4. [+e896822]Neither the United State[+e896814]umbe[+e896810 -e896814]r [+e896810]nor any State shall assume or pay any debt [+e896814]of such male [+e896810]c[+e896810 -e896814]itizens shall bear to the whole number[+e896810]ate, [+e896629 -e896810]nor [+e896629 -e896807]male c[+e896810],[+e896814]itizens not less than t[+e896810],[+e896814]wenty-[+e896810]by the Unite[+e896629 -e896810]d [+e896629 -e896807]e year[+e896810]ted States[+e896814]s [+e896810 -e896814]of[+e896810]or [+e896814] a[+e896810]y[+e896814]g[+e896810 -e896814]e[+e896810]State[+e896629 -e896807] for[+e896814]s, a[+e896629 -e896814]s to the civil rights of persons because of race, co[+e896629 -e896807]5[+e896822]l[+e896629 -e896822]o[+e896629 -e896807]r, or previous condition of servitude.[+e896629 -e896814] [-e896814]

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Sec. 2.[-e896814] From an[+e896636 -e896814]d after the fourth day of July, in the year one[+e896636 -e896807] thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, no discrimination shall be made by any state, nor by the United States, as to the enjoyment by classes of persons of the right of suffrage, because of race, color, or previous conditi[+e896636]3[+e896807]o[+e896636 -e896807]n of servitude.[+e896636]

Sec. 3. Until the fourth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, no class of persons, as to the right of any of whom to suffrage discrimination shall be made by any state, because of race, color, or previous condition of servi[+e896639]4[+e896807]t[+e896639 -e896807]ud[+e896639]e, shall be included in the basis of representation.[+e896639 -e896800] [-e896800]

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Sec. 4.[-e896800] Debts [+e896640 -e896800]or obligations already incurred, or which may hereafter be [+e896642 -e896800]incurred in aid of insurrection or of war against the Union, and claims of compensation for loss of involuntary service or labor, shall not be paid by any state nor by the United St[+e896640 -e896800]ates.[+e896640]

Sec. 5. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. [+e896643]

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Sec. 6.[+e896643] Congress shall have power to enforce by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.[+e896646] [-e896797]

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And be it further resolved, [-e896797]

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