Quechee Gorge

Historical marker location:

6053 Woodstock Road, White River Junction, Vermont

( Marker can be reached from Woodstock Road (U.S. 4) just west of Deweys Mills Road, on the right when traveling west.)

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.