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Slave money paved the streets. Now this posh RI city strives to teach its past

By IBW21Editors' Choice, Reparations

Newport launched more slave trading voyages than anywhere else on the continent. Local efforts and a state law now push students to learn that history. By Asher Lehrer-Small, The 74…

July 29, 2022

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Slave money paved the streets. Now this posh RI city strives to teach its past

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