Despite the 1787 prohibition against slave trading, the slave trade continued in Rhode Island because state officials lacked the will and resources to prosecute offenders.

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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
• slave trade concept