9 jul 1868 año - 14th amendment is passed

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The second of three major amendments is passed by congress. The fourteenth amendment came years after the war ended but in the middle of conflict and brutality in the south. The amendment states:

"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."

This gave the African Americans the freedom and justice they deserved, as many of them were still treated harshly or as lesser beings.

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