Answer to the last entry’s question on the 13th Amendment: Mississippi was the last state to ratify the 13th Amendment—on March 16, 1995.
Do you recognize this amendment? …Congress shall have no power to abolish slavery in places under its exclusive jurisdiction…
This was the proposed 13th Amendment to the Constitution in December of 1860. It was never ratified. The 13th Amendment to the Constitution that was ratified in December of 1865 is considerably different, officially ending slavery instead of protecting it! It reads:
Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Section 2. Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
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