RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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The Thirteenth Amendment freed all slaves and therefore allowed them the same rights as all other citizens of the United States.
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The Thirteenth Amendment freed all slaves which now allowed therefore allowed any type of discrimination.
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The Thirteenth Amendment outlawed slavery but did not specify an African-American’s political rights.
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The Thirteenth Amendment brought about an end to the Civil War since it outlawed slavery.
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Detailed explanation-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 13th Amendment was necessary because the Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln in January of 1863, did not end slavery entirely; those ensllaved in border states had not been freed.
Detailed explanation-3: -Lincoln’s patience with the House was reaching its end. At the same time, abolitionists declared his reelection as a mandate from the people to end slavery. More pressure was brought to bear on the hold-outs in the House to pass the bill. At last, on January 31, 1865, the House passed the 13th Amendment.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed by Congress in 1865 so “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude” However, the amendment would pass with much controversy over its interpretation.