Mississippi Bans Slavery, Inspired by Movie Lincoln

Just 148 years later

Yes, you read the headline correctly. Mississippi lawmakers have finally got round to officially ratifying the 13th amendment banning slavery.

The state was prompted by two patriotic Mississippians, Ranjan Bantra and Ken Sullivan, who both work for the University of Mississippi. Bantra and Sullivan watched Lincoln and started wondering when their state had ratified for the world-changing amendment. To their shock, they discovered no record of the vote in the National Archives. It turns out that while MS had voted for the amendment (but not until 1995), they'd never actually sent in the paperwork.

Eventually the men wrote to the Mississippi Secretary of State's office, which fixed the error by filing documents with the federal government. So after 148 years, Mississippi has finally made it official that they're against slavery.

Via Politico.

Does the oversight make Mississippi look bad?

[Fishbone345]

So, apparently the events in "Mississippi Burning" was actually the putting down of a slave revolt?

[jessejaymes]

Looks that way. Holy Toledo and they wonder why Mississippi is the laughingstock of the nation?

[Sonny]

Did you know that the "Common Wealth of Kentucky" --was also late in ratifying the 13th amendment. They did not ratify until 1976!---And (not that I believe for a moment that it was an "oversight" on the part of Mississippi)---But in the case of Kentucky...it certainly was not.

[MaxPain]

@jessejaymes They hated to rush into it fast after all they might still win the war.

[jessejaymes]

@MaxPain @ sonny. There is the possibility that their Dixie cups simply rotted way in their bunkers and they came to the sad conclusion that the south was not going to rise again.

[jaybebo84]

Where they looking for a comeback? Honestly, they likely just forgot to take care of business...stuff happens...

[thatgirl]

Have you ever spent any time in Mississippi? I have, the mindset is frightening in rural MS.

[Your_Name_Here]

@thatgirl I went to Ole Miss and lived in the South for about 20 years. What's really frightening is the level of incompetence I see in government every day. Most of those rural people at least have enough sense to realize that if you keep spending money you don't have your little world will fall down around you.

[thatgirl]

@Your_Name_Here If you want to talk about the govt, please start your own thread, dont hijack someone elses, its considered bad form.

[frigginhell]

Looking for a comeback? I honestly think there are some who believe they actually won the war.

[jaybebo84]

@thatgirl

Only time I was in Mississippi was when my Dad was transferred to NAS Atlanta back in the 80's and when he finally got out and we moved back to the Great State of Texas...so, I have no real memory of being there...

[falco_alba]

It's not the oversight that makes them look bad, it's the waiting until 1995 to start the process at all that does.

[DrFunkenstein]

I think it's an abomination that Mississippi would go against the bible and ban slavery. Here I thought one state had the common sense to follow the words of God and keep slavery legal and they go and ruin it because of some movie about that anti-christ Abraham Lincoln

[PoliticalSpice]

I constantly find myself in agreement with your post, as well a liking your humor. Was shocked to check your profile and see you are a republican!

[JoeJared]

And yet, the practice of employing people at non-living wages, another form of slavery, is unaffected.

[MolonLabe]

Then go back to school or find another job.

[JoeJared]

@MolonLabe I have much more than what people refer to as a job, which is just another word for slavery. I wasn't speaking for my own conditions.

[formerrepub]

What's the difference between non-living wages and having the federal goverment steal your money every payday and then again on April 15th? That's another form of slavery, involuntary servitude.

[MolonLabe]

@JoeJared I didn't mean you personally, but for someone expecting the government to fix their wages or provide them with a higher wage. This mentality is why the new voter block is so lost.

[JoeJared]

@formerrepub I agree, especially when so many corporations have so many loopholes the government is actually paying them. Our best option is to opt out of the dollar all together and only where necessary, paying with dollars. The more we as a people begin to depend on ourselves for goods and less on corporations, the better off we'll all be.

[thatgirl]

Lolwat?

This is ridiculous!

[rocketeer]

lincoln,cost my family a lot of money. when he freed the slaves.we lost millions of dollars.look at the price of cotton nowdays.my family took better care of our slaves than the government does now.

[jessejaymes]

Every heard of the cotton gin? Slaves would have been long extinct before you ever came along.

[Dan_Tien]

@jessejaymes The cotton gin actually increased the use of slaves in the South. It only cleans the cotton more quickly than could be done by hand. It's invention allowed for greater productivity, but more slaves were needed to plant more cotton fields and pick the cotton to process.

[jessejaymes]

@Dan_Tien Which resulted in over planting and soil erosion. No need for slaves when nothing will grow.

[rocketeer]

@jessejaymes get rid of the cotton gin,repeal the 13th amendment. problem solved. get our salves back.that solve 90% of gun violence save the government billions$ in food stamps,welfare,healthcare.if we can get our salves back ,we can put this country back on track. that will get rid of all the mexicans too.

[jessejaymes]

@rocketeer Just out of curiosity which White power/supremacist/pride group do you belong to?

[Buzzfriendly]

A movie about the man had more of an impact than the man himself? Hold on to your hats ladies you will be voting in no time.

[Arumizy]

Who cares, slavery is banned federally so it does not matter much if a state has not banned it yet.

[jessejaymes]

In all the years of misspent youth criss crossing America playing in bad bands I have to say the worst culture shock I ever experienced was in Mississippi, Alabama and Oklahoma. I had reason to return to Oklahoma recently and they haven't changed a bit. Even more racist than when I was younger. I say we let the bible get away with seceding this time.

[DARSB]

Remind me again how the Voting Rights Act isn't necessary any longer.

[LGRepublican]

Sometimes the wheels of progress turn slowly..... Apparently REAL slow in Mississippi.

[catiz]

Most states have crazy old laws on the books.

[lochlomond]

And this accomplishes what? Is it a grand gesture of reconciliation? Or part of an agenda to keep proposed slave reparations in the public eye? In the unlikely event that Congress passes a bill providing the descendants of slaves with tax-generated compensation for this blight on our history, Mississippi and other slave states may decide that pay-outs are taxable income and reap a goodly portion. The IRS may take the same position.There is also the matter of states that abolished slavery prior to the Civil War such as New York and Pennsylvania. There are not many records that survive. It appears to be a pointless feel good measure.

[miketost]

No one should be enslaved at any point.Then how is it right the government enslaves millions in todays world and its no problem?Supply , food ,shelter,medical needs and phones.When the slaves of long ago were freed many prospered on their own with out government aid.Today the government makes it a way of life.How sad.

[RoFroh]

Not worth discussion.....moving on

[Vance1]

Doesnt really matter anyway, Obama still has slaves now, all his little minon zealots!!!!

[Starsplash]

I dont think you get the difference between the two.

[AtheistStand]

They need to ban bybull slavery (slaves to christianity). This will help the most, its the first step.

[DogLady_1]

I'm really glad that Mississippi finally did this as a matter of formality...(I say "formality" because MS had already ratified it before it became part of the US Constitution... but it needed to re-ratify it after Reconstruction)... MS has gotten a bum rap from hollywood, and from some of its bigoted citizens, past and present, but all in all, the state is full of good people and rich in culture.

FYI: The Bill of Rights were not ratified in MA, GA and CT until 1939... The 14th Amendment was not ratified by MD and CA until 1959, and KY until 1976... Black men could not vote in OR til 1959, MD til 1973, KY til 1976, and TN til 1997... and women could not vote in FL or SC til 1969, GA and LA til 1970, and MS til 1984.

[SignifiedNBlue]

LOL! It doest even deserve a response! Absolutely incredible! Of course Mississippi is a deranged liberal state Im guessing lol!