In 1796, the Providence Abolition Society prosecuted Cyprian Sterry, a member of the College of Rhode Island's Board of Trustees and a prominent slave trader, for violating the 1794 federal law prohibiting the transport of enslaved people to foreign ports.

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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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• College of Rhode Island entity
• Providence Abolition Society entity
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