原来自由民主之灯塔国的密西西比州今年才废除奴隶制。。 ...

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Mississippi finally ratifies ban on slavery



The Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, which outlaws slavery, was passed 150 years ago. But the state of Mississippi never ratified it – until the movie ‘Lincoln’ led to the discovery of the missing paperwork.
米国宪法第13修正案150年前就废除奴隶制了，不过我大密西西比一直没批准，最近电影《林肯》牵扯出了这件事

Mississippi has already come into the spotlight for its inaction regarding the official ban on slavery. It wasn’t until 1995 that the state voted to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment, long after all other states had voted to do so. But even though lawmakers unanimously voted for the resolution, the paperwork was never submitted and the amendment failed to become official.
密西西比1995年才投票通过了13修正案，但始终未正式提交并取得法律效力

After watching the movie ‘Lincoln’, which premiered in late 2012, a Mississippi professor’s curiosity led to his discovery of the state’s shortcoming. Dr. Ranjan Batra, an associate professor of neurobiology and anatomical sciences at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, conducted further research on the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment after watching the film.
在看了2012年的电影《林肯》之后，一个神经学教授出于兴趣对批准13修正案进行了研究

The recent immigrant from India then discovered something that state lawmakers had failed to notice: a clerical error prevented the ratification from becoming official after the Senate voted upon it in 1995. The state had never officially notified the US Archivist, the Clarion Ledger reports.
这位印度移民发现一个文书上的错误使得使得这项95年通过的投票没有取得法律效力，密西西比州从未正式提交米国国家档案馆

Batra immediately informed Ken Sullivan, an anatomical material specialist for UMC’s body donation program, of his discovery – and Sullivan conducted further research to confirm his colleague’s findings.
他把这一情况告诉了一个同事，这个同事也跟着一起研究

“What an amendment to have an error in filing,” Dick Molpus, former Mississippi secretary of state, told the Clarion Ledger. “Thanks to Ken Sullivan for being a good citizen in bringing this oversight to light, so it can be corrected.”
州政府秘书承认了这一点，并赞许了他们


In the months since Batra noticed the error in November, the state has worked towards completing the paperwork to officially ban slavery. The Office of the Federal Register received a copy of the resolution on Jan. 30, and the state officially ratified the Thirteenth Amendment on Feb. 7.
自那之后密西西比州开始弥补这个漏洞，并最终于今年2月7日批准了这个东东

“We’re very deliberate in our state. We finally got it right,” Charles Barth, director of the Federal Register, told the Clarion Ledger.

“Now it’s officially filed and recorded.”

The move is long overdue: 36 US states had already ratified the amendment when it was adopted in 1865 and most other states added their votes in the late 1800s. Kentucky ratified the amendment in 1976, after having rejected it in 1865.
这来得太晚了，36个州在1865年通过这一修正案的同年就批准了，剩下大多数州也在19世纪晚期批准了，肯塔基在1865年未通过之后也于1976年批准了

But even though all US states have been opposed to the use of slavery for decades, Mississippi did not officially ban the use of slavery and involuntary servitude until the year 2013.
尽管所有州都废奴几十上百年了，密西西比直到2013年才正式废奴

“It was long overdue,” Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann said after the final papers were filed this month.

And 150 years after the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, Americans can finally rest assured that every state has agreed to it.
在第13修正案通过150年后，米国人总算可以放心所有州都批准了这个修正案






http://rt.com/usa/mississippi-slavery-state-amendment-525/

Mississippi finally ratifies ban on slavery



The Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, which outlaws slavery, was passed 150 years ago. But the state of Mississippi never ratified it – until the movie ‘Lincoln’ led to the discovery of the missing paperwork.
米国宪法第13修正案150年前就废除奴隶制了，不过我大密西西比一直没批准，最近电影《林肯》牵扯出了这件事

Mississippi has already come into the spotlight for its inaction regarding the official ban on slavery. It wasn’t until 1995 that the state voted to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment, long after all other states had voted to do so. But even though lawmakers unanimously voted for the resolution, the paperwork was never submitted and the amendment failed to become official.
密西西比1995年才投票通过了13修正案，但始终未正式提交并取得法律效力

After watching the movie ‘Lincoln’, which premiered in late 2012, a Mississippi professor’s curiosity led to his discovery of the state’s shortcoming. Dr. Ranjan Batra, an associate professor of neurobiology and anatomical sciences at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, conducted further research on the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment after watching the film.
在看了2012年的电影《林肯》之后，一个神经学教授出于兴趣对批准13修正案进行了研究

The recent immigrant from India then discovered something that state lawmakers had failed to notice: a clerical error prevented the ratification from becoming official after the Senate voted upon it in 1995. The state had never officially notified the US Archivist, the Clarion Ledger reports.
这位印度移民发现一个文书上的错误使得使得这项95年通过的投票没有取得法律效力，密西西比州从未正式提交米国国家档案馆

Batra immediately informed Ken Sullivan, an anatomical material specialist for UMC’s body donation program, of his discovery – and Sullivan conducted further research to confirm his colleague’s findings.
他把这一情况告诉了一个同事，这个同事也跟着一起研究

“What an amendment to have an error in filing,” Dick Molpus, former Mississippi secretary of state, told the Clarion Ledger. “Thanks to Ken Sullivan for being a good citizen in bringing this oversight to light, so it can be corrected.”
州政府秘书承认了这一点，并赞许了他们


In the months since Batra noticed the error in November, the state has worked towards completing the paperwork to officially ban slavery. The Office of the Federal Register received a copy of the resolution on Jan. 30, and the state officially ratified the Thirteenth Amendment on Feb. 7.
自那之后密西西比州开始弥补这个漏洞，并最终于今年2月7日批准了这个东东

“We’re very deliberate in our state. We finally got it right,” Charles Barth, director of the Federal Register, told the Clarion Ledger.

“Now it’s officially filed and recorded.”

The move is long overdue: 36 US states had already ratified the amendment when it was adopted in 1865 and most other states added their votes in the late 1800s. Kentucky ratified the amendment in 1976, after having rejected it in 1865.
这来得太晚了，36个州在1865年通过这一修正案的同年就批准了，剩下大多数州也在19世纪晚期批准了，肯塔基在1865年未通过之后也于1976年批准了

But even though all US states have been opposed to the use of slavery for decades, Mississippi did not officially ban the use of slavery and involuntary servitude until the year 2013.
尽管所有州都废奴几十上百年了，密西西比直到2013年才正式废奴

“It was long overdue,” Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann said after the final papers were filed this month.

And 150 years after the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, Americans can finally rest assured that every state has agreed to it.
在第13修正案通过150年后，米国人总算可以放心所有州都批准了这个修正案