Annotated Bibliography
Primary and secondary references for the Trans-Atlantic Human Trade in
Warren, Rhode Island.
Disclaimer:
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 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
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Further Reading
Slavery & Brown | Brown’s Slavery & Justice Report, Digital 2nd Edition | Brown University
Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Rhode Island
The History of Warren, R.I., from the earliest times; Fessenden, Guy Mannering, 1804-1871.
Warren Middle Passage Resource List – WARREN MIDDLE PASSAGE PROJECT
Memorializing the Enslaved in Rhode Island: the Middle Passage Port Markers Project
Charter of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations- July 15, 1663
Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England
