Posted by Ryan on Monday, December 14, 2009 at 12:24pm.
It made everyone born in or naturalized by the United States a full citizen. As such they cannot be slaves.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution#Text
but why was this significant during reconstuction?
This article explains more.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_14th.html
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