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118 Christy Clark-Pujara, The Business of Slavery in Rhode Island
Ben Franklin's World
English - January 24, 2017 06:00 - 55 minutes - 77.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 988 ratingsHistory Society & Culture americanrevolution benfranklin history ushistory benjaminfranklin colonialamerica earlyamericanhistory earlyamericanrepublic earlyrepublic education Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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How did the smallest colony and smallest state in the union became the largest American participant in the slave trade?
Christy Clark-Pujara, an Assistant Professor in the Department of African-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of Dark Work: The Business of Slavery in Rhode Island, joins us to explore the history of Rhode Island and New England’s involvement with slavery.
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