Confessions Are Good For The Soul

[Zimmeh]

I am correcting myself!

Thanks to Jesse pointing out about Mississippi, the last state to ratify this amendment was Delaware.

I'm off to la la land!

Zimmy

Originally Posted by ZimmygLrL

I must confess,

-I need to apologize to my history professor. I corrected him in class today, about the fact that Mississippi was the last state to ratify the 13th Amendment. He said it was South Carolina. I'm being a brat today!

-I'm feeling much better! I cannot wait until I'm done with these cold meds....

-I'm off to bed!

[Jesse]

Are you sure it was Delaware? Doesn't seem right.

Originally Posted by ZimmygLrL

I am correcting myself!

Thanks to Jesse pointing out about Mississippi, the last state to ratify this amendment was Delaware.

I'm off to la la land!

Zimmy

[ravfem]

i confess.... i'm wondering if it's spelled

single tail or singletail?

[sylvie]

i confess -

i'm draggin' butt this morning, getting ready for work, and jealous school is cancelled for the children because of the storm we're going to get - why can't work be cancelled too *pouts* lol

i have my work clothes in the dryer right now, just so i can feel the warmth when getting dressed, lol..i love that warm outta the dryer feeling...

[DomnNC]

Originally Posted by ZimmygLrL

I am correcting myself!

Thanks to Jesse pointing out about Mississippi, the last state to ratify this amendment was Delaware.

I'm off to la la land!

Zimmy

13th Amendment
Slavery was an institution in America in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Southern states, with their agricultural economies, relied on the slavery system to ensure the cash crops (cotton, hemp, rice, indigo, and tobacco, primarily) were tended and cultivated. Slaves were not unknown in the North, but abolition in the North was completed by the 1830's. In 1808, the Congress prohibited the slave trade, not a year later than allowed in the Constitution. A series of compromises, laws, acts, and bills tried to keep the balance between the slave states and the non-slave states. For a more thorough history of slavery, see the Slavery Topic Page.

South Carolina voted to secede from the United States as a result of Abraham Lincoln's election to the Presidency. Lincoln had, over time, voiced strong objections to slavery, and his incoming administration was viewed as a threat to the right of the states to keep their institutions, particularly that of slavery, the business of the states. More states seceded, eleven in all, forming the Confederate States of America. The secession movement led to the Civil War. In the waning days of the war, which ran from 1861 to 1865, the Congress approved an amendment to abolish slavery in all of the United States. Once the CSA was defeated, approval of the 13th Amendment was quick in the Northern states. By the end of 1865, eight of the eleven Confederate states had also ratified it. Proposed on January 31, 1865, it was ratified on December 6, 1865 (309 days). Eventually, all of the CSA states except Mississippi ratified the 13th after the war; Mississippi ratified the amendment in 1995.


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[Jesse]

From www.usconstitution.net:

Mississippi ratified the amendment in 1995, but because the state never officially notified the US Archivist, the ratification is not official.

Originally Posted by DomnNC

13th Amendment
Slavery was an institution in America in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Southern states, with their agricultural economies, relied on the slavery system to ensure the cash crops (cotton, hemp, rice, indigo, and tobacco, primarily) were tended and cultivated. Slaves were not unknown in the North, but abolition in the North was completed by the 1830's. In 1808, the Congress prohibited the slave trade, not a year later than allowed in the Constitution. A series of compromises, laws, acts, and bills tried to keep the balance between the slave states and the non-slave states. For a more thorough history of slavery, see the Slavery Topic Page.

South Carolina voted to secede from the United States as a result of Abraham Lincoln's election to the Presidency. Lincoln had, over time, voiced strong objections to slavery, and his incoming administration was viewed as a threat to the right of the states to keep their institutions, particularly that of slavery, the business of the states. More states seceded, eleven in all, forming the Confederate States of America. The secession movement led to the Civil War. In the waning days of the war, which ran from 1861 to 1865, the Congress approved an amendment to abolish slavery in all of the United States. Once the CSA was defeated, approval of the 13th Amendment was quick in the Northern states. By the end of 1865, eight of the eleven Confederate states had also ratified it. Proposed on January 31, 1865, it was ratified on December 6, 1865 (309 days). Eventually, all of the CSA states except Mississippi ratified the 13th after the war; Mississippi ratified the amendment in 1995.


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[Leigh]

I confess - today RAWKS

[MissItalianDiva]

I confess a little sleep last night went a long way and today is lovely already!

I also confess that I am very nosy and admit there are threads in in the forum I don't want to really be "caught" reading so in order to not have my name appear in the thread I just don't log in or log out to read....LOL silly but true

[wimsiclegirl]

I confess that this is the last day in my work week...and I didn't work very hard... I AM taking work home over the weekend though...

I confess I am off to a "coffee conversation" that is going to be difficult at best and it's got the babygirl in me all jittery and nausiated...ugh....I hate confrontation, difficult talks and such...

I confess I wish everyone were always happy and I spend alot of time believing in a pollyanna world