Windsor Vermont

Historical marker location:

196 Main Street, Windsor, Vermont

( Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (U.S. 5) and Maple Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.)

American Precision Museum.

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.