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There were slaves and the State had many major players in the transportation and financing of the slave trade.

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Q: Was the Colony of Rhode Island Slave or Free?
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Free religion colony?

Rhode Island


Major history changes in Rhode Island?

Slave State to Free State. Agricultural to Industrial State. British Colony to Revolutionists.


What colony was the first to be regliouly free?

The first colony with religious freedom was Rhode Island.


Did Rhode Island enter America as a slave state or a free state?

Free State


Why was rhode island fonded?

As a colony where the free practice of religion was accepted.


Was Rhode Island the first colony to have free religion?

Roger Williams.


Was religion important to Rhode Island?

Rhode Island was religion free.


Did Rhode Island have free land?

no


How many people were there when Rhode Island was founded?

Very few but there was a handy supply as the Puritans were quite good at kicking people out of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and England used Rhode Island as a dumping ground for non conforming Protestants and Free Thinkers.


What was the name of the free slave colony in Africa?

Liberia


Was the Georgia colony a free or slave state when it was founded?

Yes, Georgia was slave free from when it was founded till 1750.


Which were slave states and which were free states of the original 13 colonies?

Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey were free. Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia were slave owning states.