Legal News for Weds 7/8 - Judge Dugan Sentencing, Bayer's Roundup SCOTUS Win, CA Captive-audience Fight
This Day in Legal History: Vermont Bans Slavery
On July 8, 1777, delegates meeting in Windsor adopted the Constitution of the Vermont Republic—and in doing so, Vermont became the first place in North America to write the prohibition of slavery into its founding law. At a moment when the newly declared United States tolerated and protected human bondage, a small, unrecognized republic on the frontier put a very different principle on paper.
The relevant language was striking for its era. The Vermont constitution declared that all people are born equally free and independent, and it provided…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.