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  • Subject is exactly "Racism--Vermont--History"

The Buffalo Soldiers in Vermont, 1909-1913

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In July 1909, the Tenth United States Cavalry Regiment, one of four regular army black regiments collectively known as the Buffalo Soldiers, arrived in Burlington, Vermont, to begin a four-year tour of duty at Fort Ethan Allen in neighboring…

The power of erasure: reflections on civil war, race, and growing up White in Vermont

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Guyette makes a case for looking at Vermont's history as it concerns the treatment of African Americans and how we need "to understand our real history and the 'culture-wide stampeded spirit' engendered by our myths that burden people of color."