1860–1877
Damages to Loyal Men
Source: The text is taken from a copy of the speech in the Library of Congress, “Speech Of Hon. T. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, Delivered in the House Of Representatives, March
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Source: The text is taken from a copy of the speech in the Library of Congress, “Speech Of Hon. T. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, Delivered in the House Of Representatives, March
Source: Congressional Globe, 39th Cong., 2nd sess., Jan. 3, 1867, pp. 251-253. Available at A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774–1875, American Memory,
14th Amendment Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein