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jul 9, 1868 - Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution

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The 14th amendment to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868 as one of the Reconstruction Amendments and addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the American Civil War.

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jul 9, 1868
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~ 158 years ago