once again, mr. neral secretary i want to extend to you and all of those who labored hard for this moment my warmest personal thanks. america on sunday at four clock p.m.. today on the civil war, clemson university history professor talks about the origins of the 14th amendment and why it was necessary to gratify it after the south's defeat and the abolition of slavery. here is a preview. >> freedom is a powerful engine. african americans begin defining their lives with new freedom, getting married, searching for members of their family. defert slavery did not any positive right. it only liberated them from the ownership of a master and eliminated the motive for self in a rented -- interested but never less -- benevolence. what ever meaning the 13th thedment may have had, white south's reaction to slavery change the dynamic. they visibly enacted thinly disguised versions of slavery known as a black codes which righthite employers the to administer corporate chastisement, meaning whipping. most states becam