In the United States, the first law requiring compulsory school attendance was introduced in Massachusetts in 1852. It would take a long time for the last US state to introduce this, however. How long did it take?

Answer: Sixty five years. The last state, Mississippi, introduced a similar law in 1917.

Source: Rednecks, Reedemers and Race by Stephen Cresswell

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