The 13th amendment was created after the Emancipation Proclamation was passed stating the slaves being free. This amendment let the slaves be free but the problem was that once the are freed what will the south do. Who will work the land? The rich was no longer rich, the poor was still poor. The slaves had no where go. Then there is the 14th amendment giving the African American the right to be a citizen in the U.S. Now that they are citizens where do they go. All they know how to do is farm.
The African Americans now has the right to vote also thanks to the 15th amendment. This voting right is not as easy as it seems because they must know how to read and they cant because the were refused the right to learn as a slave so really have any education. This amendment really is defeating the purpose because the white people at time intimidated the blacks and it made the not want to vote. These rights really don't help at all.
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