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African Privateers and Sailors In Colonial Rhode Island

by Keith Stokes | Jan 2, 2014 | Occupations, Research, Uncategorized

The peculiar institution of slavery in Rhode Island had its start and evolution with the sea. The town of Newport, aptly named the â€œCity by the Sea,â€ would become the fifth most active seaport in all of Thirteen Colonies by the mid-18th century, an era that...

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