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The Fourteenth Amendment guaranteed all people the right to “

protection of the laws.” This was a significant change for
, who had previously had no legal rights.

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granted citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States," including formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws

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