Vermonters have always been proud that their state was the first to outlaw slavery in its constitutionundefinedbut is that what really happened? The Problem of Slavery in Early Vermont and author Harvey Amani Whitfield force us to squarely consider the deepest questions about what freedom actually meant for African Americans in Vermont well into the nineteenth century.
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