Slave traffickers in Rhode Island utilized a 'gentlemen’s agreement' to avoid bidding on confiscated slave ships at auction, allowing original owners to repurchase their vessels for as little as $10.

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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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