...previous condition of slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall have the...proceedings for the security of person and property, as enjoyed by white citizens. Commenting on the above, Mr. Trumbull said : But, sir, what rights do citizens...

...sue, be parties and give evidence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real estate and personal property, and to full and equal benefit...proceedings for the security of person and property, as enjoyed by white citizens] ; and they belong to them in all the States in the Union. The right of American...

...be it further enacted, That all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right in every State and Territory in the United States to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security...

...belong to free citizens or freemen in all countries, such as the rights enumerated in this bill [to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties and give...evidence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real estate and personal property, and to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings...

...exeept as a pnnishment for erime, of whieh the party shall have heen dnly eonvieted, shall have the same right in every State and territory in the United States, to make and entoree eontraets, to sne, he parties and give evidenee, to inherit, pnrehase, lejse, sell, hold, and...

...Territories, as white citizens, to make 1 Congressional Globe, 1st Session, 39th Congress, pp. 39, 40. and enforce contracts; to "sue, be parties, and give...evidence; to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property;" to enjoy the equal benefit of all laws for the security of person...

...previous condition of slavery or Involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall have the...hold and convey real and personal property, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws und proceedings for the security of person and property, as...

...classes so made citizens "in every State and Territory in the United States." These rights are "to make and enforce contracts; to sue, be parties, and give...hold, and convey real and personal property," and to have ' ' full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property...

...subject to any foreign power" were citizens who, regardless of "race and color," were entitled to "make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, and give...hold and convey real and personal property," and to enjoy the "full and equal benefits of all laws and proceedings for the security of persons and property...

...under Article IV, Section 2 and enumerated in the Civil Rights bill of 1866, namely the right to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, and give...evidence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property, to the full protection of all laws and proceedings for the security...