On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
The Fourteenth Amendment makes him a citizen and the Fifteenth makes him a voter.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The Fourteenth Amendment makes him a citizen and the Fifteenth makes him a voter.”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, explaining the legal basis for the rights of African Americans after the Civil War, on constitutional amendments.
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