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The Emancipation of the Enslaved in Rhode Island, Part II
(Note: This is the eighth essay—second part—in a series on Slavery in Rhode Island. It was originally published by the Newport Daily News on February 26, 2020.) The process of emancipation of the enslaved began on a colony-wide basis with … Continue reading
The Emancipation of the Enslaved in Rhode Island, Part I
(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
The Business of Slavery in Colonial Newport
(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
Colonial Rhode Island Dominates North American Slave Trade in 18th Century
(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
From Slavery to Greatness
(This essay was originally published by the Newport Daily News on May 7, 2014.) Next to Martin Luther King, Frederick Douglass was probably the greatest African-American in US history. Unlike King, Frederick Douglass—born Frederick Bailey in February 1818—was not killed … Continue reading
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“All Slaves …Shall Be Free”
(This essay was originally published in the Newport Daily News on December 31, 2012, as “Emancipation changed the war, and the nation.”) One hundred and fifty years ago today President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation took effect, stating that “all persons held … Continue reading
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Forever Free
(This essay was originally published in the Newport Daily News on September 22, 2012.) One hundred fifty years ago today, President Lincoln issued his Emancipation Proclamation, freeing all slaves in rebel held territory and changing the nature of the Civil … Continue reading
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The Sleeping Serpent of Slavery
(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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Tagged American Civil War, American slavery, Civil War, Fred Zilian, Frederick Douglass, George DeWolf, John Brown, slavery, slavery during the Civil War, slavery in Civil War, slavery in Rhode Island, slavery in the American Civil War, slavery in the Civil War, sleeping serpent, snake under the table
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