RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
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Male freedmen were given the right to vote.
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Slavery was made illegal in the United States.
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Ex-slaves were given United States citizenship.
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Southern states were no longer allowed to use convicts as labor.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Thirteenth Amendment, 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.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is recognized by many as the formal abolition of slavery in the United States. However, it only ended chattel slavery – slavery in which an individual is considered the personal property of another.
Detailed explanation-3: -Involuntary servitude or involuntary slavery is a legal and constitutional term for a person laboring against that person’s will to benefit another, under some form of coercion, to which it may constitute slavery.
Detailed explanation-4: -On August 8, 1846, Wilmot introduced legislation in the House that boldly declared, “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist” in lands won in the Mexican-American War. If he was not opposed to slavery, why would Wilmot propose such an action?
Detailed explanation-5: -January 31, 1865-The House of Representatives passed the 13th Amendment (S.J. Res. 16) by a vote of 119 to 56. February 1, 1865-President Abraham Lincoln signed a Joint Resolution submitting the proposed 13th Amendment to the states.