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Brown University Library: Voyage of the Slave Ship Sally: 1764 65

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Providence, Rhode Island's Nicholas Brown and Company owned a slave ship, Sally. Sally is documented for many trips to Africa to pick up slaves. The slaves would be delivered to Caribbean Islands in exchange for sugar and molasses to return to Rhode Island for rum distilleries. Peruse many primary source documents and the history of one of the largest and deadliest slave ships.

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slave trade, slavery in the colonies, moses brown, nicholas brown, nicholas brown and company, rhode island and slavery, slave ship sally, slavery in new england, slave ships
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