Historical Markers in Essex County, Vermont
1st Normal School
Canaan Civil War Memorial
Canaan Vermont War Memorials
Concord War Memorial
Essex County Court House
George Lansing Fox
Historic Guildhall, Vermont
Island Pond
Lunenburg Veterans Memorial
Lunenburgh Civil War Memorial
Rogers' Rangers Cemetery
Stewart Holbrook
The Benton Cottage
Vermont
Vermont
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.