Dark Work: The Business of Slavery in Rhode Island

(Part of the Early American Places Series)

by Christy Clark-Pujara

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Tells the story of one state in particular whose role in the slave trade was outsized: Rhode Island

Historians have written expansively about the slave economy and its vital role in early American economic life. Like their northern neighbors, Rhode Islanders bought and sold slaves and supplies that sustained plantations throughout the Americas; however, nowhere else was this business so important. During the colonial period trade...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1479855634

ISBN13:9781479855636

Release Date:March 2018

Publisher:New York University Press

Length:224 Pages

Weight:0.80 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Dark Work: The Business of Slavery in Rhode Island

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