Stephen Jacob House - African American Historic Places (sitios de interés)
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| 74 State Street | Windsor, VT 05089 | | ||
About: The Jacob House in Windsor VT, built ca. 1784, was the home of Judge Stephen Jacob, Vermont's first state attorney, and a man heavily involved in local and state politics. In 1802, he was sued by the town of Windsor for the care of a slave named Dinah, whom Judge Jacob had kept in direct violation of Vermont's 1777 constitution, the first document in the United States to specifically prohibit slavery. Jacob, who threw Dinah out of his service when she became sick, blind, and infirm, was a judge on the Vermont Supreme Court when he was sued by the selectmen of Windsor, who also acted as overseers of the town's poor and had been expending money for Dinah's care. This landmark case was Vermont's first test-case against slavery and was possibly the first of its kind in the United States.
Historic Windsor purchased the house in 2008 and plans to use it for workshops and training programs offered by the Preservation Education Institute.
 Stephen Jacob HousePhoto and text courtesy Historic Windsor |
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