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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Edward D. Holbrook | Visualize | "(May 6, 1836 -- June 17, 1870) Edward Dexter Holbrook was a lawyer and American politician. Holbrook was born in Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1859. He was elected as a Democrat to the 39th and 40th Congress (March 4, 1865 - March 3, 1869). He was censured by the U.S. House of Representatives (February 4, 1869) for use of unparliamentary language and was not reelected in the 41st Congress. He was shot by Charles H. Douglas and died from his wounds. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=H000710]" | Idaho Territory Delegation (This negotiation) , Idaho Territory Delegation (United States Fifteenth Amendment) |