<span>The Slaughterhouse Cases, resolved by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1873, ruled
that a citizen's "privileges and immunities," as protected by the
Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment against the states, were limited to
those spelled out in the Constitution and did not include many rights
given by the individual states.</span>
Cases in the Slaughterhouse, settled by the U.S. In 1873, the Supreme Court ruled that the "privileges and immunities" of a person, as secured against the States by the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution, were limited to those laid down in the Constitution and did not include other rights granted by the individual states.
In order to extend the civil rights of slaves after the civil war, the United States banned slavery with the Thirteenth Amendment of 1865 and created new protections with the Fourteenth Amendment of 1868. With the Fifteenth Amendment of 1870, the right of vote could not be denied on account of race or color.
