The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution was designed to overrule the "black codes" emerging in the South after the Civil War.

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The Fourteenth Amendment was designed to grant citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States, including former slaves, and to provide all citizens with “equal protection under the laws,” effectively overruling the "black codes" that were aimed at restricting African Americans' freedom and compelling them to work in a labor economy based on low wages or debt.

The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Was Designed to Overrule