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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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Minutes of the Senate Judiciary Committee, 39th-40th Congress, 1st Session: Minutes

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Minutes of the Senate Judiciary Committee, 39th-40th Congress, 1st Session: Minutes; Dec. 5, 1865-March 25th, 1867; Committee Papers, 1816-2011 (CP 1816-2011); Minutes of the Committee on the Judiciary from the 39th through 73rd Congresses (Minutes of the Committee 39th-73rd); Records of the U.S. Senate, 1789-2015, Record Group 46 (RG 46); National Archives Building, Washington, DC (NAB).

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