In 1868, what was the most important reason to include the equal protection clause in the Fourteenth Amendment?
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No state shall make or enforce any law which shall [take away] the privileges or immunitiesof citizens of the United States. In 1868, what was the most important reason to include the equal protection clause in the Fourteenth Amendment? African Americans were not protected under the law.
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The reason for the inclusion of equal protection clause in the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868 was the African Americans were not Protected under the law.
After the civil war the American Government had amended a new law called the Thirteenth Amendment which banned the Slavery in America. Later the American government had proposed a new law called fourteenth Amendment to protect the African Americans.
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