Jumat, 28 April 2017

Letters from Readers- Civil War Times August 2013

More on the Story  In the June 2013 “Past & Present” there was a mention of Mississippi finally approving the 13th Amendment. But I have some questions. Did Mississippi vote on the issue in 1865? You say Mississippi was the “last state”—does that mean last out of the 1865 states or today’s? Does its present-day …

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