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.
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Extend a qualified right of suffrage to the freedmen in the District of Columbia.
2. Amend the Constitution of the United States in respect to the apportionment of Representatives and direct taxes among the several States of the Union, in such manner, that "people of color" shall not be counted with the population making up the ratio, except it be in States where they are permitted to exercise the elective franchise.
3. Insert a provision in the Constitution prohibiting "nullification" and "secession."
4. Insert a provision in the Constitution prohibiting the repudiation of the national debt, and also prohibiting the assumption by Congress of the rebel debt.
5. Provide in the Constitution that no person, who has, at any time, taken up arms against the United States, shall ever be admitted to a seat in the Senate or House of Representatives in Congress.