Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. Document B: 1865 Carolina Law Document C: 1865 Carolina Law Document D: 1865 Louisiana Law Sec. 4. . . . negro is required to be in the regular service of some white person, or former owner, who shall be held responsible for the conduct of said negro. Document E: 1865 Virginia Law Every white male citizen of the commonwealth, of the age of twenty-one years, who has been “1. a resident of the state for two years, and of the county, city or town where he offers to vote, for twelve months preceding an election, who has paid all state taxes assessed to him for the preceding year, shall be qualified to vote from members of the general assembly, and all officers elective by the people . . . .” Document F: Virginia School, 1866 Document G: Political Cartoon (1868)
Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. Document B: 1865 Carolina Law Document C: 1865 Carolina Law Document D: 1865 Louisiana Law Sec. 4. . . . negro is required to be in the regular service of some white person, or former owner, who shall be held responsible for the conduct of said negro. Document E: 1865 Virginia Law “1. Every white male citizen of the commonwealth, of the age of twenty-one years, who has been a resident of the state for two years, and of the county, city or town where he offers to vote, for twelve months preceding an election, who has paid all state taxes assessed to him for the preceding year, shall be qualified to vote from members of the general assembly, and all officers elective by the people . . . .” Document F: Virginia School, 1866 Document G: Political Cartoon (1868)