State Seal Pine Tree

Historical marker location:

735 Route 313, Arlington, Vermont

( Marker is on Vermont Route 313, ¾ mile west of Ethan Allen Highway (Alternate Vermont Route 7A), on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1970

Vermont was the first state to abolish slavery through its state constitution: In 1777, Vermont became the first state in the United States to abolish slavery through its state constitution. The constitution declared that all men are born free and equal, and that no male person, born in the country or brought from overseas, could be held in slavery or servitude.