On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:16:55 -0700, "Bob Terwilliger"
> wrote:

>Blake wrote:
>
>> in mississippi, they didn't want word of the emancipation to get
>> around.
>
>From the Wikipedia article on the 13th Amendment:
>
>"Ratification was completed on December 6, 1865. The amendment was
> subsequently ratified by the following states:
>
>"Mississippi (March 16, 1995, after having rejected it on December 5, 1865)"
>
>
>Bob

better late than never, i suppose.

your pal,
blake