Did the South try to circumvent the 13th and 14th, and 15th Amendments
Did the South try to circumvent the 13th and 14th, and 15th Amendments?
The American Constitution came into force in the year 1789, almost after 13 years of the Declaration of Independence. The Constitution makers had included a provision of amendment in the Constitution, provided the proposal wins a two-third majority in the bicameral legislature of the Federal Government and followed by the ratification in three-fourths of the state legislature.
Since, 1789, the Constitution has been amended 27 times, of which the first 10 were passed in two years of ratification itself, called the Bill of Rights. The 13th, 14th and the 15th amendments, collectively known as the Civil War amendments, were passed in the 1860's abolishing slavery in the United States and ensure equality of the Afro-American race, especially the recently emancipated slaves.
Slavery in the south was an economic and social institution from before the colonial era to its abolition in the 19th century. It was a taken for granted fact that it even continued illegally up to the 20th century in many parts.
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