Major Legislation
- Reconstruction Acts, continued:
- March 23, 1867, ch. 6, 15 Stat. 2
- July 19, 1867, ch. 30, 15 Stat. 14
- March 11, 1868, ch. 25, 15 Stat. 41
- July 27, 1868: Expatriation Act of 1868, ch. 249, 15 Stat. 223
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