[FairfieldLife] Vermont - 1st to abolish slavery in America

2008-11-20 Thread off_world_beings
Curtis gets pwnd again: The second article in Vermont's constitution, originally written in 1777, abolished slavery, making it the first state to do so. In the 1860 presidential election, the Green Mountain State gave Abraham Lincoln a lopsided victory, 33,808 votes compared to 8,649 for

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vermont - 1st to abolish slavery in America

2008-11-20 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Nov 20, 2008, at 4:45 PM, off_world_beings wrote: Vermont was the first to elect Obama, has more African immigrants per capita than most other states, and was the first in the Nation to outlaw slavery. What are you talking about, off? They never *had* slavery there, or any other