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The 14th Amendment Section. 1.
All persons born or naturalized in the No State shall make or
enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of
citizens of the The 1866 Civil Rights Act
Section 1.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled,
That all persons born in the United States and
not subject to any foreign power,
excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens
of the United States;
…and such citizens, of every race and color, without regard to any previous condition of slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall have the same right, in every State and Territory in the United States, to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, and give evidence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property, and to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property, as is *enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, and penalties, and to none other, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.
"We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, and endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and pursuit of happiness." |