RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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declared that the right to vote could not be denied on account of race.
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officially ended slavery.
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granted “equal protection under the law” or “citizenship” to the freedmen.
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provided that states could only count three-fifths (60%) of their black population when determining how many members they would be given in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
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: -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-4: -1 Overview of Thirteenth Amendment, Abolition of Slavery.