[jamese777]

That’s not suprising. A person was being held as a slave as late as 1902 when the 13th Amendment had been ratified in 1865 because they “didn’t get the memo.”
Was that slave being held in the halls of Congress because that is where the testimony from the Census was being given in post #264.

The law often moves slowly.

So do some minds.

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No, it was not in Congress. If I remember correctly, the last known slave was being held in Iowa which was not even a slave state. His owner simply did not tell slaves about the Emancipation Proclamation.

Yes, I agree with you that some minds do indeed move slowly.

[Uncle Chip]

Was that slave being held in the halls of Congress because that is where the testimony from the Census was being given in post #264 .... No, it was not in Congress. If I remember correctly, the last known slave was being held in Iowa which was not even a slave state. His owner simply did not tell slaves about the Emancipation Proclamation. Yes, I agree with you that some minds do indeed move slowly.

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh -- never mind.