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By 1774, the slave population of Rhode Island was 6.3 percent, nearly twice as high as any other New England colony. In the late 18th century, several Rhode Island merchant families began actively engaging in the triangle trade. James and John DeWolf of Bristol were the largest slave traders in Rhode Island. [16]
Although Rhode Island had abolished African slavery in 1652, this law was not enforced; [2] [3] by 1750, [3] Rhode Island had more slaves per capita than any other New England state. [4] [2] Enslaved blacks worked as seamen, farm laborers, and domestic servants. [4]
In the 1770s, enslaved black people throughout New England began sending petitions to northern legislatures demanding freedom. 5 Northern states adopted policies to at least gradually abolish slavery: Pennsylvania in 1780, New Hampshire and Massachusetts in 1783, and Connecticut and Rhode Island in 1784.
Across the country, statues of confederate leaders are coming down. The "Providence Plantations" part is the name of the land settled in the capitol city by slave owner Roger Williams in 1636.
Aaron Lopez (born Duarte Lopez; 1731 – May 28, 1782) was a Portuguese-born merchant, slave trader, and philanthropist.Born in Lisbon into a converso family, he moved to British America, settling in the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
Nicholas Brown Sr. (July 26, 1729 – May 29, 1791) was an American merchant, civic leader and slave trader who was a co-signer of the founding charter of the College of Rhode Island in 1763. [1] In 1771, Brown was instrumental in convincing Baptist authorities to locate a permanent home for the college in his hometown of Providence.
The state of Rhode Island is moving toward changing its official name to remove a portion that connotes slavery. Gov. Gina Raimondo signed an executive order to that could lead to “and ...
A Rhode Island town that was a center of the transatlantic slave trade is commemorating Juneteenth by unveiling a new... View Article The post Town that was a center of slave trade unveiling ...