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THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT RATIFIED

One hundred fifty years ago, December 6, 1865, the state of Georgia approved the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.  The majority of states thus approving, the Amendment was ratified and the scourge of slavery was officially over. A Missourian, John Brooks Henderson of Pike...