Vermont actually was a republic, although it was never called a republic, it was a fully functioning nation. Vermont became a republic when it declared independence from New York and New Hampshire in 1777 and wrote the Constitution of Vermont at the Old Constitution House in Windsor, VT. They remained a republic until 1790 when they joined the United States as the 14th state.
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Vermont is not one of the original 13 colonies because it wasn't English land! It was actually French and the name Vermont means Green Mountain in French.
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Vermont is the first to have a Constitution that forbade slavery.
New York opposed the Declaration of Independence.
The first American colony to abolish slavery was Vermont. Vermont abolished slavery in 1777 and after this the abolish movement spread.
Yes. It was the first colony to abolish slavery.