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On July 3, 2019
Bell Ringer: Slavery in Rhode Island
Slavery in Rhode Island
Keith Stokes describes the Guinea Triangle Slave trade and how it impacted enslaved Africans in Newport, Rhode Island.
Description
Keith Stokes describes the "Guinea Rum" Triangle Trade and its impact on enslaved Africans in Newport, RI. He also explains how and why the New England system of slavery was different from slave systems of the West Indies and South, and how the impact of that difference led to the first Free African American Union.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- Describe the "Guinea Rum" triangle trade.
- How and why was the New England system of slavery different from other slave systems?
- What factors contributed to the interdependence of enslaved Africans and their owners in Rhode Island?
- How did this interdependence that created a "tight knit" community impact enslaved Africans in Rhode Island?
- What three important things did the Free African American Union of 1780 do?
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Vocabulary
- Enslavement
- Interdependence
- Slave Systems
- Triangle Trade