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Vermont dispatch: Proposal 2 would remove language of slavery, indentured servitude from state constitution

JURIST

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Come November 8, Vermont residents will have the opportunity to amend their state constitution and abolish slavery and indentured servitude for good. To be clear, Vermont does not currently allow either in any form, but there is antiquated language in the state constitution that allows for certain exceptions.

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Here is an Excerpt From The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage

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JUNE 12, 2024

What possessed James Madison to draft the First Amendment in absolutist terms was likely a mix of the experiential and the philosophical. In September 1848, Gage, twenty-five, was working as a railroad foreman in Cavendish, Vermont. Much of this early knowledge came from tragic stories like that of Phineas Gage and his tamping iron.

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Vermont dispatch: Proposal 2 would remove language of slavery, indentured servitude from state constitution

Here is an Excerpt From The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage

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