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Wed, 07.02.17772

Vermont Abolishes American Slavery

On this date, in 1777, Vermont abolished slavery.

Vermont was an independent sovereign country that year and did not join the United States of America until 1791.

Vermont was the first country in the colonial era to abolish that practice.

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Poetry Corner

O Africa, where I baked my bread In the streets at 15 through the San Francisco midnights… O Africa, whose San Francisco shouting-church on Geary Street and Webster saw a candle burning... O AFRICA, WHERE I BAKED MY BREAD by Lance Jeffers.
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