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1784
Rhode Island's Slave Trade and Gradual Emancipation
1784

Rhode Island's Slave Trade and Gradual Emancipation

Rhode Island merchants dominated the colonial slave trade even as the state passed gradual emancipation; that dual history of profit and partial …
1784
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Rhode Island's Slave Trade and Gradual Emancipation

Rhode Island merchants dominated the colonial slave trade even as the state passed gradual emancipation; that dual history of profit and partial freedom defines New England's entanglement with slavery.

Rhode Island, RI
Slavery & emancipation
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Rhode Island merchants dominated the colonial slave trade even as the state passed gradual emancipation; that dual history of profit and partial freedom defines New England's entanglement with slavery.