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.
-Fourteenth Amendment, ratified 1868
Using the excerpt, what was the intended purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment?

A. to guarantee the liberties and rights found in the Bill of Rights to former slaves
B. to guarantee that full liberties and rights would be given to former Confederate soldiers
C. to guarantee that full rights and liberties would be given to Native American citizens
D . to guarantee the rights and liberties found in the Emancipation Proclamation to former slaves