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Bolo Boffin

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6. It was in 1995, and I'm looking.

Reply to theKed (Reply #5)

Mon Feb 18, 2013, 11:31 PM

Feb 2013

I have found on Wikipedia that some nutbag in Texas recently tried to get the State Lege to ratify the pre-Civil War amendment that would have banned Congress from banning slavery in any of the States. Just unreal.

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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