No, it was Vermont in 1777. Vermont became a republic before becoming the 14th US state in 1791.
Illinois was the first state to ratify the 13th Amendment because they wanted Abraham Lincoln's home state to be the first to ratify they amendment.
under the u.s Constitution congress does not have the power to abolish a state nor can a state assume a power intended for
They would not have enough state votes to pass the constitution if slavery was outlawed by it. The south would have voted against it.
Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution and become a state.
Vermont was the first colony to abolish slavery in its state constitution in 1777. This made it the first state in North America to abolish slavery.
The first state to abolish slavery was Illinois.
Vermont was the first state to abolish slavery in its constitution in 1777.
Vermont was the first state in the United States to abolish slavery in its state constitution in 1777.
Massachusetts was the first U.S. state to abolish slavery, in a 1783 judicial interpretation of its 1780 constitution.
Vermont was the first territory (not a state at the time) to abolish slavery in 1777, the first state to abolish slavery outright was Pennsylvania in 1780.
Vermont was the first territory in 1777 to abolish slavery but in 1780 Pennsylvania was the first state to enact a law beginning abolition of slavery, freeing future children of slaves. Massachusetts was the first state to abolish slavery outright in 1783.
Vermont was a territory that abolished slavery in 1777, but technically Pennsylvania was the first STATE to abolish slavery, doing so in 1780.
Depends on how you look at it. Vermont was the first territory in 1777 to abolish slavery. In 1780 Pennsylvania was the first state to enact a law beginning abolition of slavery, freeing future children of slaves. Massachusetts was the first state to abolish slavery outright in 1783.
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Vermont was the first state to abolish slavery.