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To: Vermont Lt

“And slavery was abolished without a war in my state. “

Actually, your State didn’t actually abolish slavery, it prohibited some of it, but you sure as Hell didn’t free any slaves. Way to half-ass the issue, as usual with your State.

“In 1777, Vermont, not yet a state, became the first jurisdiction in North America to prohibit slavery: slaves were not directly freed, but masters were required to remove slaves from Vermont. “


127 posted on 07/07/2012 11:20:14 AM PDT by CodeToad (uired to vote for a treaty.)
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To: CodeToad

Except I live in Mass. I went college in Vermont. A long time ago.

Why can’t you agree with the statement that slavery should have been abolished?


139 posted on 07/07/2012 11:59:52 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (I just hate our government. All of them. Republican and Democrat.)
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