Abolition of slavery in Mississippi provoked film about Lincoln

U.S. state of Mississippi in the country over the last 150 years has ratified the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Abolishing slavery, said on Tuesday, ITAR-TASS reported.

The fact that the state has not yet adopted the amendment, which the country has taken 148 years ago, found the doctor, professor of neurobiology and anatomy at the University of Mississippi Ranzhan Batra. After watching the movie "Lincoln" by Steven Spielberg, who is now among the nominees for the "Oscar", Batra decided to see where each of the states ratified the 13th Amendment. The film is the story of how the 16th U.S. President Abraham Lincoln fought for the abolition of slavery.


It turned out that so far this has not happened only in Mississippi. As it turned out, in 1995, the Senate and House of Representatives of the Mississippi unanimously ratified the amendment, but the official strength she had, as a copy of the document was sent to the Federal Register of the United States. It turns out that so far the state has officially had slavery. Now, after informing the relevant authorities, the amendment yet entered into force.

Recall, this amendment was launched 6 December 1865. However, some states have taken this step more than a hundred years later. For example, in Kentucky, this was done only in 1976.