The Supreme Court rejected Plessy’s assertion that the law left African Americans “with a badge of inferiority” and argued that if this were the case, it was because the race put it upon itself. As long as separate facilities were equal, they did not violate the 14th Amendment.
Also, how was the 13th Amendment violated?
Among their claims was one that life on the Farm was slavery, and thus a violation of the 13th Amendment, which prohibits “slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime.”
The 13th Amendment abolished slavery. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship to all people born in the US. The 15th Amendment gave Black Americans the right to vote.
Likewise, what did the 15th Amendment outlaw?
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
What does the 14th Amendment of the Constitution say?
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
What role did the 14th Amendment play in Plessy v Ferguson?
Plessy claimed the law violated the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection clause, which requires that a state must not “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” The Supreme Court disagreed with Plessy’s argument and instead upheld the Louisiana law.
Why did Plessy base his appeal on the 13th Amendment?
Segregation is inconsistent with the civil freedoms of the Constitution. Why do you think Plessy based his appeal in part on the Thirteenth Amendment? Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery and this was just another form of slavery after the Civil War.