Randolph

Historical marker location:

124 Main Street, Randolph Center, Vermont

( Marker is on Main Street, 0.1 miles south of Vermont Route 66, on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1958

Home of Justin Morgan.

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.