Primary Sources: Reconstruction (After U.S. Civil War): Law

Message to Congress. - Proclamation of the President ... New Haven, Conn. J. H. Benham & son, printers [1870].
U.S. President 1869-1877 U.S. Grant.

"Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States."

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Passed by Congress June 13, 1866, and ratified July 9, 1868, the 14th amendment extended liberties and rights granted by the Bill of Rights to former slaves.

Passed by Congress February 26, 1869, and ratified February 3, 1870, the 15th amendment granted African American men the right to vote.

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