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How was the Mississippi Constitution of 1817 similar to the US Constitution?

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The Constitution of 1817 was the states first constitution written when Mississippi entered the Union as a state. Only 15 years later in 1832, however, a new Mississippi constitution was written to replace the original one. After Mississippi's defeat in the Civil War, a third constitution was written and adopted.

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