Vermont was the first territory in 1777 to abolish slavery but in 1780 Pennsylvania was the first state to enact a law beginning abolition of slavery, freeing future children of slaves. Massachusetts was the first state to abolish slavery outright in 1783.
Vermont was the first territory (not a state at the time) to abolish slavery in 1777, the first state to abolish slavery outright was Pennsylvania in 1780.
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Vermont was the first state to abolish slavery.
The United States was the first country in the Americas to use slavery. The United States was also one of the last countries to abolish slavery.
The first American colony to abolish slavery was Vermont. Vermont abolished slavery in 1777 and after this the abolish movement spread.
Yes. It was the first colony to abolish slavery.
Vermont was the first colony to abolish slavery in its state constitution in 1777. This made it the first state in North America to abolish slavery.
Vermont. Of the original 13 colonies is Pennyslyvania.
The first of the 13 British colonies in America to abolish slavery was Rhode Island. This was done in 1774, 2 years before the American Revolution in 1776.
Vermont was the first colony to prohibit slavery in its 1777 constitution, becoming the first territory in North America to abolish slavery.
Vermont is the first to have a Constitution that forbade slavery.
No, it was Vermont in 1777. Vermont became a republic before becoming the 14th US state in 1791.
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Vermont was the first state to abolish slavery in its constitution in 1777.
Lieutenant-Colonel John Graves Simcoe was Upper Canada's first Lieutenant Governor and founder of the City of York (now Toronto). Simcoe also made Upper Canada the first province in the British Empire to abolish slavery.