CBS reported this on Monday, After 148 years, Mississippi finally ratifies 13th Amendment, which banned slavery "The 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which abolished slavery, was ratified in 1865. Lawmakers in Mississippi, however, only got around to officially ratifying the amendment last month -- 148 years later -- thanks to the movie 'Lincoln.'"
I guess I was right in thinking of Mississippi as backwards. Jon Stewart covered this last night:
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