In 1799, the U.S. federal government attempted to stop slave traffickers from repurchasing confiscated ships by sending an official to bid on a ship at an auction in Bristol, Rhode Island.

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• Person: Not available Organization: Brown University
  Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Brown University

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• Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Brown University slaveryandjusticereport.brown.edu Brown University via serper

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• Rhode Island location
• Bristol location