The assembly passed a law that purported to limit service to ten years or age twenty-four. The law was weakly enforced and the colony continued slave trading and slaveholding. The gap between statute and practice is central to understanding New England’s role in the Atlantic economy.
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Rhode Island’s 1652 law immediately ended all slavery in the colony.
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The law was weakly enforced, and slaveholding and trafficking continued.