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Without the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments the Thirteenth would have proved of little value to the oppressed race which it declared to be free.
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Blaine emphasizes the importance of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments in ensuring the freedom of formerly enslaved individuals.
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