Brandon Training School

Historical marker location:

Brandon, Vermont

( Marker is on Grove Street (U.S. 7) 0.1 miles south of Arnold District Road, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1993

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.