Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States
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The 14th Amendment and Reconstruction
Former Confederates who pledged loyalty to the Union received amnesty and pardon. States could be restored fully into the Union after they wrote new constitutions that accepted the abolition of slavery, repudiated succession and canceled the Confederate debt. The 14th amendment was drafted by the Joint Committee on Reconstruction during the spring of 1866. It guaranteed federal protection for black equality under the law but disenfranchised former Confederate leaders.
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