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  1. Overview: United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866
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  3. Committee:The House of Representatives
  4. Session: 1866-03-12 12:00:00
  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.

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The House of Representatives of the Thirty-Ninth Session of Congress

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Session 5589: 1866-03-12 12:00:00

Mr. Shellabarger submits a Resolution denying anyone who had been in the service of the confederacy a seat in American government

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Resolution to Inquire into Excluding the Disloyal from Office

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Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be directed to inquire and report to this House upon the constitutionality and propriety of providing by law that no person who is disloyal to the Government of the United States, and who has voluntarily engaged in rebellion against such Government, shall be entitled to exercise the rights of an elector in any State or to hold office under such Government during such disloyalty, and providing also by law for persons who have been so engaged in such rebellion being admitted to exercise such elective franchise upon proof of loyalty to the Government.

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