Welcome to our Resources page, where you'll find a curated collection of books and links to material exploring the history, experiences, and contributions of enslaved individuals in Bristol, RI and beyond. Dive into these valuable resources to deepen your understanding of this significant period.
We continually update our collection to ensure its relevance and comprehensiveness. If you have suggestions for additional resources that would enrich our collection, please reach out to us. Your input is invaluable in building a dynamic repository of knowledge.
Complicity: How the North Promoted, Prolonged and Profited from Slavery.
By Anne Farrow, Joel Lang, and Jenifer Frank.
New England Bound: Slavery and Colonization in Early America.
By Wendy Warren.
Disowning Slavery: Gradual Emancipation and “Race” in New England, 1780-1860.
By Joanne Pope Melish.
Dark Work: The Business of Slavery in Rhode Island.
By Christy Clark-Pujara.
Black Yankees.
By William D. Pierson.
James DeWolf and the Rhode Island Slave Trade.
How the Word is Passed.
By Clint Smith.