Tag Archives: slavery in Rhode Island

Forgetting Slavery in Rhode Island

Posted on April 18, 2020 by Fred Zilian

(Note: This is the 9th essay in a series on “Slavery in Rhode Island.” For the complete series, please go to http://www.zilianblog.com. This essay was originally published in the Newport Daily News and the Providence Journal on April 13, 2020.) … Continue reading →

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The Emancipation of the Enslaved in Rhode Island, Part I

Posted on February 29, 2020 by Fred Zilian

(Note: This is the eighth essay in a series on Slavery in Rhode Island. It was originally published by the Newport Daily News on February 25, 2020.) The enslavement of people of color in the colony of Rhode Island began … Continue reading →

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Un-Erasing Rhode Island Slave History

Posted on August 27, 2019 by Fred Zilian

(This essay was originally published in the Newport Daily News on August 24, 2019. A version of it was published the same day as “My Turn: Fred Zilian: Opening Our Eyes to the Enslaved,” in the Providence Journal.) Whether unconsciously … Continue reading →

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The Lives of the Enslaved in Colonial Newport

Posted on March 14, 2019 by Fred Zilian

(Note: This essay was originally published on February 28, 2019, in the Newport Daily News. It is the fourth essay in a series on “Slavery in Rhode Island.”) Enslaved African Americans of colonial Newport lived and worked, and even sometimes … Continue reading →

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The Business of Slavery in Colonial Newport

Posted on January 28, 2019 by Fred Zilian

(Note: This is the third essay in a series on “Slavery in Rhode Island.” This essay was originally published by the Newport Daily News on January 26, 2019.) The histories of colonial Newport and of slavery in the New World … Continue reading →

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Slavery in Narragansett Country

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Fred Zilian

(This essay was originally published as “In 1843, slavery was banned in Rhode Island,” in the Newport Daily News on May 29, 2018.) (Note: This is the second in a series of essays on slavery in Rhode Island.) The first … Continue reading →

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Colonial Rhode Island Dominates North American Slave Trade in 18th Century

Posted on May 2, 2018 by Fred Zilian

(Note: This is the first in a series of essays on Slavery in Rhode Island. It was originally published in the Newport Daily News on April 27, 2018.) After a slow beginning in the 17th century, the colony of Rhode … Continue reading →

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The Sleeping Serpent of Slavery

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Fred Zilian

(This essay was originally published in the Newport Daily News on August 29, 2012.) From our Declaration of Independence in 1776 to the start of the Civil War in 1861, slavery posed a fundamental contradiction to our American identity. How … Continue reading →

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