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When did black people become citizens in the U.S.?

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Although the Constitution of the United States, as written in 1787, uses the word citizen and empowers Congress to enact uniform naturalization laws, the term was not defined until the adoption (1868) of the Fourteenth Amendment , which gave citizenship to former black slaves. As this amendment indicates, the United States generally follows the jus soli.

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