It was to try and rebuild Georgia after the civil war. Lincoln recognized that the Emancipation Proclamation had to be followed by a constitutional amendment to guarantee the abolishment of slavery. The 13th amendment was passed at the end of the Civil War before the Southern states had been restored to the Union and should have easily passed the Congress.
The separate but equal provision of private services mandated by state government is<span> constitutional under the Equal Protection Clause. Brewer took no part in the consideration or </span>decision<span> of the </span>case<span>. </span>Plessy v<span>. </span>Ferguson<span>, 163 U.S. 537 (1896), was a landmark </span>decision<span> of the U.S.</span>Supreme Court<span> issued in 1896.</span>
