Slavery was limited in the US in 1865 by the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. #Mississippi finally gave its support only 28 years ago (and ratified only in 2013).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

Only 3 years ago was a bill introduced in Congress to actually outlaw #slavery. To date, it remains legal in the US: any citizen convicted of a crime may be enslaved.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/33

The things you learn as a grown-up...!

#woke #history