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After oversight, Mississippi ratifies 13th Amendment abolishing slavery almost 150 years after its adoption

Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal The state thought it had approved the amendment in 1995, but a clerical error left the ratification unresolved, learned Dr. Ranjan Batra of Ole Miss, who was inspired by the film ‘Lincoln.’ The state … Continue reading

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