Slavery, Emancipation, and Race in New England


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ClassGraphic We will examine two phases of New England’s, and especially Rhode Island’s, complicated relationship with slavery and its racial legacies, a crucial part of the region’s, and America’s, story. The rise of maritime commercial New England, and Rhode Island in particular, was fueled by the American trade in enslaved Africans and the use of enslaved Indigenous and African laborers in New England to produce cheese, grain, livestock, and other commodities for export to the slave societies of the West Indies. The second, industrial phase of New England’s growth was rooted in the success of its textile industry, heavily dependent on slave-grown cotton and on Southern markets for "slave cloth."
 
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Class Details

6 Session(s)
Weekly - Mon

Location
OLLI

Instructor
Joanne Melish 

Tuition:  $55.00

Registration Closes On
Sunday, September 13, 2026 @ 12:00 AM

Schedule Information

Skip dates: (No class on 10/12/2026, 10/12/2026)

Date(s) Class Days Times Location Instructor(s) Instructional Method
9/14/2026 - 10/26/2026 Weekly - Mon 09:30 AM - 11:00 AM Kingston, OLLI  Map Joanne Melish  ClassRoom

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