Randolph State Normal School

Historical marker location:

124 Main Street, Randolph Center, Vermont

( Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Vermont Route 66, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.)

Marker installed: 1965

1867-1911.

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.