The 13th Amendment clearly states that slavery or any forms of servitued against your will is not allowed any were in the United States, unless the person has been convicted of a crime. According to the text book titeld American Past and Present "Neighter slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for a crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subjected to their jurishdiction" (Divine et al. A-12). Then in section two it clarifies that Congress has the right to enforce the article.
Also the 14th Amendment consist of five sections the first section defines what a citizen of the United States is. According to the text "All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction therefore are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside" (Divine et al. A-12) therefore if a person is born in the US he or she is a citizen automatically. And if a person is dined the rights of a citizen with out any process of law like at a court hearing he or she would have their rights deprived, but amendment 14th would help him or her in court. Sections three and four explains what the rules are for the Representatives in Congress. For example Representatives are chosen by numbers by the state that they reside. In the end of section five it clearly states that Congress has the power to change article 14th.
In Amendment 15th the right for a citizen to vote can not be taken away by the US or any state do to the individual's ethnicity or their social economic status.
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