Today in History: Rhode Island Becomes First Colony to Ban Importation of Slaves
Despite the large slave population, and the colony serving as a key player in the slave trade, abolitionist sentiment grew, and on June 13, 1774, the colony enacted "An Act for Prohibiting the Importation of Negros."
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