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Wed, 07.02.1777

Vermont Abolishes American Slavery

On this date, in 1777, Vermont abolished slavery.

Vermont was an independent sovereign country that year and did not join the United States of America until 1791.

Vermont was the first country in the colonial era to abolish that practice.

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Though slavery's dead, yet there remains A work for those from whom the chains Today are falling one by one; Nor should they deem their labor done, Nor shrink the task, however hard, While... THE PROGRESS OF LIBERTY by James Bell
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