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In 1868, the 14th Amendment recognized citizenship for

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The Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment (1868) states: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States..."

In practice this recognized citizenship for formerly enslaved people (African Americans) and more broadly for anyone born or naturalized in the U.S. (with limited exceptions such as children of foreign diplomats and, early on, many Native Americans).