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To: Straight Vermonter
"The Republic of Vermont constitution banned slavery in 1777. Vermont entered the union in 1791 and never had slaves while a state."

There are always some people who choose to ignore historical facts, such as the Vermont constitution banning slavery during the American Revolution.

Southern state's politicians deliberately instigated and full scale insurrection in 1860 in order to maintain and expand slavery, hoping European powers would send in foreign troops and destroy the Union once and for all.

138 posted on 03/18/2006 12:44:59 PM PST by M. Espinola (Freedom is never free - never)
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To: M. Espinola

Interesting point, but Vermont was not a state. It did not vote on the Constitution's inception as the new law of the US.


180 posted on 03/20/2006 9:09:33 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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