Petition to Congress Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution

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Description

This petition proposed an amendment to the Constitution that no inequality on account of birth, race, color, previous inequality, or previous non-residence shall be made or recognized by the laws of the United States or the Constitution, and to remove, by immediate legislation, any such inequality from the District of Columbia, the Territories, and the ten unrestored States.

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Citation

This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. House of Representatives.

National Archives Identifier: 7542779

Full Citation: Document HR 39A-H14; Petition to Congress from Citizens of the State of Minnesota Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution; ca. 1866; Petitions and Memorials, 1813 – 1968; Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, Record Group 233; National Archives Building, Washington, DC. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/petition-congress-proposing-amendment-constitution/, March 29, 2026]

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