Annotated Bibliography
Primary and secondary references for the Trans-Atlantic Human Trade in
Providence, Rhode Island
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The content of these documents provides details of the Middle Passage, specific vessels transporting captive Africans, the arrival of these people, and the ubiquity of slavery. The following resources may include racist language as well as references to violence, dehumanization, and the enslavement of Africans. The language contained in the following documents may be upsetting to some readers.
Books and Literature
Newspaper Articles and Colonial Documents
Videos
Additional Reading
“Slavery, the Slave, and Brown University”
“Three and One-Half Centuries at a Glance,” May 2002. Archived.
Thorpe, Francis Newton. “Charter of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations July 15, 1663.” Avalon Project, Yale Law School, 1998.
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