Captain John Lonergan

Historical marker location:

Burlington, Vermont

( Marker is on St. Paul Street north of Main Street (U.S. 2), on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2013

1837 - 1902. Hero of Gettysburg.

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.