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Deep13

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2. Already? Wow, when did the other states ratify it?

Reply to mfcorey1 (Original post)

Mon Feb 18, 2013, 11:23 PM

Feb 2013

The 1860s?

Now that Miss. is lunging into the 19th century, what will be next on their agenda? Women voting? Child labor laws? Book learning? The possibilities are endless!

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Shame, just shame it took so long: Mississippi Ratifies Slavery Ban After ‘Lincoln’ [View all] mfcorey1 Feb 2013 OP

Apparently they thought that they had a few decades ago, but they messed up the paper work. Exultant Democracy Feb 2013 #1

Already? Wow, when did the other states ratify it? Deep13 Feb 2013 #2

What's the literacy rate in MS? MrMickeysMom Feb 2013 #3

Given the state of public knowledge here in OH, aka the MS of the North... Deep13 Feb 2013 #4

What was the actual vote count? theKed Feb 2013 #5

It was in 1995, and I'm looking. Bolo Boffin Feb 2013 #6

Appaling theKed Feb 2013 #7

So is this something you would lay at the feet of all Mississippians, or a few beaurocrats? cherokeeprogressive Feb 2013 #8