Catherine W. Zipf, Director, Bristol Historical & Preservation Society America’s Revolutionaries fought for self-determination and self-rule, but what about those who were enslaved? Recent research on the history of enslavement in Bristol, RI, offers an intriguing window into the mechanics of urban slavery in the American north. Located along Narragansett Bay about halfway between Providence and Newport, the town was founded in the wake of King …
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