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… MISS ANTHONY: When I was brought before
your honor for trial, I hoped for a broad and
liberal interpretation of the Constitution and its
recent amendments, that should declare all
United States citizens under its protecting aegis
[shield]—that should declare equality of rights
the national guarantee to all persons born or
naturalized in the United States. But failing to
get this justice—failing, even, to get a trial by a
jury not of my peers—I ask not leniency at your
hands—but rather the full rigors of the law.…
Source: United States v. Susan B. Anthony, 1873
The constitutional amendments referred to in
this statement were ratified to
(1) end the importation of slaves
(2) increase federal revenue
(3) institute national Prohibition
(4) provide legal rights to African Americans

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The constitutional amendments referred to in this statement were ratified to "(4) provide legal rights to African Americans" but also women as well under the same umbrella. 
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