Which Amendments In The US Constitution Deal With The Issues Of African Americans After The American Civil War?
Out of the myriad amendments that are part of the United States constitution, the ones that deal with African Americans and were established just after the American Civil War were the thirteenth, fourteenth and the fifteenth amendments. However despite of the implementation of all three amendments, it still took a long time, almost half a century for whites to accept their former slaves as their equals. The thirteenth amendment marked a formal end to slavery. An extension of the Emancipation Proclamation, the thirteenth amendment formally declares the complete abolition of slavery. Also it forbids the binding or coercion of any person to do any job due to debt. The fourteenth amendment went a step further to declare the former enslaved persons as citizens of the United States, granting them all the rights and privileges that a citizen of United States enjoys. The fifteenth amendment granted suffrage that is, the right to vote to African Americans, making them equal to their white count
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