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Bristol
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Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Brown University slaveryandjusticereport.brown.edu 8 facts
accountIn 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.
claimProsecutions of slave traders stopped and the trade out of Bristol flourished under the customs inspectorship of Charles Collins, continuing even after the 1807 Congressional act abolishing the transatlantic trade.
claimCharles Collins, a flagrant illegal slave trader and brother-in-law to James D'Wolf, was appointed as the customs inspector in Bristol.
accountA Bostonian who attempted to prosecute a Bristol slave trader and traveled to the city to testify had his ear sliced off in a local inn.
accountJohn Brown successfully steered a bill through the U.S. Congress declaring Bristol a separate customs district to prevent the U.S. customs inspector in Newport from enforcing federal anti-slave trade laws.
quoteWilliam Ellery Jr., representing Rhode Island in the U.S. Senate, wrote to James D'Wolf regarding the creation of the separate customs district in Bristol, stating: "There is now, dear Sir, nothing more to be done for Bristol — everything which she asked is given."
accountJames and Charles D’Wolf, along with John Brown, visited the federal official tasked with bidding on a confiscated slave ship in Bristol, Rhode Island, on the evening before the 1799 auction.
claimNo one was ever prosecuted for the kidnapping of the federal official in Bristol, which became a local joke.
An integrated climate-biodiversity framework to improve planning ... ecologyandsociety.org 1 fact
accountAgyeman (2014) documented a case in Bristol where a park designed with a 'wild' aesthetic and tall grasses caused unease among local Asian and African Caribbean communities due to their past experiences with venomous snakes in tall grasses in their birth countries.
Understanding Historical Slavery, Its Legacies, and Its Lessons for ... link.springer.com Jan 22, 2019 1 fact
referenceMadge Dresser authored 'Remembering Slavery and Abolition in Bristol', published in the journal 'Slavery and Abolition' in 2009.