Mississippi Ratifies the 13th Amendment

[AlpsStranger]

Well, I don't think anyone was claiming that Mississippi was practicing slavery this whole time in secret

Although, now that I think about it.

 

[GhostWriter16]

At least Mississippi picked a side

@The OP- This is really funny but I honestly think they would have done it earlier if it had actually mattered. Not in 1865 of course, but certainly long before now. I'm going to guess that the 1995 thing was an accident.

 

[Farm Boy]

Yall should look up what year the city of Vicksburg started officially celebrating the 4th of July again.

 

[GhostWriter16]

80 Years later... I don't blame them, they were conquered and many were violently slaughtered by the Union. Doesn't mean they were still pro-slavery.... I know they were pro-segregation at that point but I seriously doubt they were still pro-slavery. And now its 70 years after that...

 

[emzie]

@The OP- This is really funny but I honestly think they would have done it earlier if it had actually mattered. Not in 1865 of course, but certainly long before now. I'm going to guess that the 1995 thing was an accident.

If you're the secretary of state for any state, you or your advisers know damn well the protocol to be followed. That it wasn't either means they're horribly incompetent and unworthy of being elected in the first place, or they intentionally did not file with the Registrar.

 

[Farm Boy]

either means they're horribly incompetent and unworthy of being elected in the first place.

The great state of Illinois welcomes you!

 

[Ice_Tyrant]

Ugh, I was hoping they'd never find out. I'm going to miss my slaves.

 

[Patroklos]

Blue law. Actually even less than that. How much money and effort did they waste on this?

 

[Antilogic]

At least Mississippi picked a side

I didn't get this until I loaded up an ACW scenario and remembered Kentucky's status at the start.

Blue law. Actually even less than that. How much money and effort did they waste on this?

Surely affirming the fact over a century later couldn't cost too much time and money? Or did the legislature spend a long time debating it for some reason?