Agriculture is still the #1 industry in North Dakota's economy. The state typically leads the nation in over a dozen crops. Production agriculture is an important part of the North Dakota economy. 1  North Dakota continues to work to diversify its agricultural fabric by targeting the development of value added agriculture. Definition of Value Added Agriculture.
Brazil was the last American nation to abolish slavery, on 13 May, 1888. At the time Rio represented the largest urban concentration of slaves since the end of the Roman empire, more than 40% of the population, almost a complete city in irons.
Texas is often considered to be the last state to have officially ended slavery on June 19th 1865, which became known as Juneteenth.. However, although Juneteenth commemoraâ¦tes the ending of slavery in the U.S., the state of Mississippi didn't ratify (to make it official) the 13th amendment until 1995.