William H. Seward Certification Of The Proposal

“No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

Partly printed document signed “William H. Seward” as Secretary of State. 2 pages, Washington D.C.: June 16, 1866, on U.S. Department of State letterhead. Official copy submitted to each state for Ratification. Affixed with red paper embossed United States of America Secretary of State seal. The Fourteenth Amendment was the second of three Reconstruction amendments adopted to make blacks full and equal citizens of the United States.

★ William H. Seward Certification Of The Proposal For The “Equal Protection” (Fourteenth) Amendment, June 16, 1866. #11133