List of Rhode Island slave traders
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This is a list of slave traders based out of the U.S. state of Rhode Island, who typically ran slave ships between the coast of Africa, the Caribbean islands, and the Southern United States, predominantly before 1797–98.[1]
- Shearjashub Bourne[2]
- Nathaniel Briggs and Thomas Briggs[2]
- Brown brothers including John Brown and Samuel Brown[1]
- Champlins[2]
- Audley Clarke[3]
- Peleg Clarke, Newport[1][2]
- The D'Wolf brothers, Bristol[1]
- Caleb Gardner, Newport[1][2]
- Gardner & Dean[4]
- George Gibbs[2]
- Jeremiah Ingraham[5]
- Ebenezer Jenckes[2]
- Aaron Lopez, Newport[1]
- Samuel Packard[5]
- Abijah Potter[2]
- Jacob Rodriguez Rivera[2]
- Amasa Smith[2]
- Cyprian Sterry[2] and Nathan Sterry, Providence[1]
- Constant Taber[2]
- John Topham[2]
- William Vernon, Newport[1]