→Subscribe for new videos every day! \r
→How Dick came to be short for Richard: \r
\r
Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week!\r
\r
More from TodayIFoundOut\r
\r
Green Coca-Cola. and 5 other everyday myths\r
\r
\r
The Coming Banana Apocalypse\r
\r
\r
In this video:\r
\r
While the Thirteenth Amendment was set into law, thus outlawing slavery anywhere in the United States, on December 6, 1865 when it secured the needed 27 of 36 states approval (3/4), it wasnt until 130 years later on March 16, 1995 that Mississippi finally got around to ratifying the Thirteenth Amendment. As you might expect, this made Mississippi the last state to ratify it, with the previous state of the initial 36 being Kentucky in 1976 and before that Delaware in 1901. All three of those states, along with New Jersey, initially rejected the amendment in 1865, though just 9 months after rejecting it, New Jersey changed their mind and ratified it. The others took a little longer.\r
\r
Want the text version?: \r
\r
Sources:\r
\r
\r
\r
\r
\r
\r
\r
\r
\r
\r
\r
\r
\r
Image Credit:\r
\r