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Northeast Slavery Records Index New!
NESRI is an online searchable compilation of records that identify individual enslaved persons and enslavers in the states of New York, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
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United States » Rhode Island » Slavery
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Rhode Island passed a 1652 law allowing for ten year indentures, but it was not enforced and by 1784 had began gradual emancipation.