In 1774, the Rhode Island Assembly passed a bill, drafted with the help of Moses Brown, that prohibited the direct importation of slaves from Africa into the colony, though the bill included various loopholes and exceptions.

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  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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