On this day in 1777, Georgia adopted a constitution in the midst of the Revolutionary War that abolished the inheritance practices enforced by the British crown. One of them was primogeniture, under ...
BURLINGTON, Vt. — Vermont was the first of the former British colonies to ban slavery — it was part of the state's constitution adopted in 1777 — but in reality some wealthy landowners continued to ...
WINDSOR, Vt. (WCAX) - On this day in history, July 8, 1777, Vermont’s first Constitution was adopted. That established Vermont as an independent republic. It happened in the town of Windsor. At the ...