Rhode Island
1652: Rhode Island slavery ban is not enforced
1676: Executions portend broad assault on Indigenous peoples
1764: Tax law protest tied to growing rum industry
1764: Colleges reckon with blood money, history
1765: Mass deaths are turning point for slave trader
1780-1787: Thousands starve after food imports cut
1784: Rhode Island, Connecticut embrace gradual abolition
1791: Prominent slave trader evades murder charges
1793: New law requires return of fugitives from slavery
1794: Slave trade law fails to curb trafficking
1816: Unsung heroines play key movement roles
1833: Attacks force closure of school for girls of color
1864: U.S soldiers kill, rape Native people promised asylum
1865: KKK founded; will boast over 500,000 New England members in 1920s
