There was a stipulation in the Constitution that no action against the slave trade could be taken prior to the year 1808. At the start of the nineteenth century, Georgia and South Carolina re-introduced the international slave trade, and had imported over 100,000 slaves within the time span of eight years.
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14th Amendment
Twenty-fourth Amendment
Yes. It said that the right to vote could not be denied based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
The 14th Amendment was passed in 1867. It wasn't until the Voting Acts Right was passed in 1965 however, that it became illegal to stop African Americans from voting.
Before being readmitted to the Union, each southern state that had been part of the Confederacy had to ratify the fourteenth amendment.