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Vermont got a taste of independence between 1777 and 1791, when it was out of the British Empire but not yet one of the United States. It declared itself a sovereign republic 240 years ago this month and soon adopted the first constitution in North America that prohibited slavery.

A few Vermonters are hoping the confluence of that anniversary and the upcoming presidential inauguration will generate support for — or at least interest in — trying something similar. As Donald Trump prepares to become the country’s commander in chief, these activists are girding for what one of them describes as a “very, very radical” form of dissent: advocating secession.

Read the whole feature article, penned by indy journalist Kevin Kelley, in Burlington, Vermont’s SEVEN DAYS, the U.S. of Empire’s most successful alt weekly newspaper.