Amendments was ''the freedom of the slave race. The conspicuous exception to this was the holding in the Dred Scott case that former slaves, as non-citizens, could not claim the protections of the clause.The amendment was enacted specifically for purposes of assisting newly freed Black people. The words 'slave' and 'slavery' would never be mentioned, but the Constitution would safeguard the 'peculiar institution' from the abolitionists. Amdt14.S1.8.7.3Out of Wedlock Births. Amdt14.S1.8. The adoption of the 14th Amendment in 1868 guaranteed citizenship to those born or naturalized in the United States, including former slaves. • Miscellaneous anti-slavery pamphlets and books. Representative Secondary Sources. He is for the time being the slave of the state. When it was enacted, slaves were immediately entitled to their freedom.