Slavery /tags/slavery Slavery en-US ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Thu, 21 Jul 2022 09:00:00 GMT Campaign wants Vermont anti-slavery amendment at forefront of 2022 elections /local-news/2022-07-21/campaign-wants-vermont-anti-slavery-amendment-at-forefront-of-2022-elections Advocates are using a proposed constitutional amendment to teach Vermonters about the connection between slavery and modern-day racial disparities. Thu, 21 Jul 2022 09:00:00 GMT /local-news/2022-07-21/campaign-wants-vermont-anti-slavery-amendment-at-forefront-of-2022-elections Peter Hirschfeld Descendants Of The Enslaved Sheltered From Ida In A Historic Plantation's Big House /2021-09-05/descendants-of-the-enslaved-sheltered-from-ida-in-a-historic-plantations-big-house Joy Banner's family took shelter in a house on a plantation their ancestors helped build. "They were not able to have this kind of house for their own protection when a hurricane hit them," she says. Sun, 05 Sep 2021 11:41:36 GMT /2021-09-05/descendants-of-the-enslaved-sheltered-from-ida-in-a-historic-plantations-big-house John Burnett Community Report: Defying Vt. Constitution, Windsor Judge Enslaved Woman In Early 1800s /vpr-news/2020-08-01/community-report-defying-vt-constitution-windsor-judge-enslaved-woman-in-early-1800s A panel is now weighing how to honor a Black woman enslaved by a former Vermont Supreme Court justice in 1800s Windsor. VPR checks in with Valley Newsâ€� Sat, 01 Aug 2020 13:14:35 GMT /vpr-news/2020-08-01/community-report-defying-vt-constitution-windsor-judge-enslaved-woman-in-early-1800s Mary Williams Engisch The History Of Slavery In Vermont, Across New England /programs/2020-02-20/the-history-of-slavery-in-vermont-across-new-england In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Jeffrey Brace was a Vermont farmer, husband and father, a Revolutionary War veteran, and near the end of hisâ€� Thu, 20 Feb 2020 11:57:05 GMT /programs/2020-02-20/the-history-of-slavery-in-vermont-across-new-england Mitch Wertlieb, Elodie Reed, Lydia Brown Early Novel Written By Free Black Woman Called Out Racism Among Abolitionists /2020-02-15/early-novel-written-by-free-black-woman-called-out-racism-among-abolitionists In 1859, Harriet E. Wilson published a book about life as an indentured servant in New Hampshire. It remains an obscure classic because it challenges white ideals about racism in the North. Sat, 15 Feb 2020 12:00:00 GMT /2020-02-15/early-novel-written-by-free-black-woman-called-out-racism-among-abolitionists Jack Rodolico Dartmouth Grapples With Founding's Legacy Of Slavery /vpr-news/2019-09-13/dartmouth-grapples-with-foundings-legacy-of-slavery In the 250th year since its founding, Dartmouth College is confronting its history of profiting from the labor, sale and purchase of enslaved people. Theâ€� Fri, 13 Sep 2019 16:22:20 GMT /vpr-news/2019-09-13/dartmouth-grapples-with-foundings-legacy-of-slavery Mitch Wertlieb Slavery In Vermont? It's More Complicated Than You Think /programs/2014-01-29/slavery-in-vermont-its-more-complicated-than-you-think In 1777, Vermont’s constitution outlawed slavery. But it turns out people continued to be enslaved for a number of years after that.We’ll talk to UVMâ€� Wed, 29 Jan 2014 18:18:00 GMT /programs/2014-01-29/slavery-in-vermont-its-more-complicated-than-you-think Ric Cengeri, Sage Van Wing