How did the fourteenth amendment address the status of African Americans after the thirteenth amendment?

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Kianna Bolton

5 November, 17:41

How did the fourteenth amendment address the status of African Americans after the thirteenth amendment?

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Brooke Dennis · Answer 1

The 14th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution, ratified in 1868, granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States - Including former slaves - and guaranteed all citizens, "equal protection of the laws."

Alivia Stephens · Answer 2

Answer: It granted them citizenship by stating that all people born in the United States were citizens.