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Reconstruction Amendments

U.S. Constitution

 

Thirteenth Amendment (1865)
Section 1.
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime
whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the
United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Section 2.

Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

 

Fourteenth Amendment (1868)
Section 1.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject
to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein
they reside. 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...

 

Fifteenth Amendment (1870)
Section 1.
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by
the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition
of servitude--
Section 2.
The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
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This edition edited by: Seth Offenbach
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