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18
Mei
1652

Rhode Island assembly passes a law limiting terms of servitude

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📅 18 Mei 1652 📍

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 General Assembly

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Rhode Island colonial government