Slavery’s Hinterlands — Symposium Thru Saturday
“Slavery’s Hinterlands: Capitalism and Bondage in Rhode Island and Across the Atlantic world” is a three-day symposium taking place May 2-4 at locations around Providence and Pawtucket. Leading academics and public historians will explore American slavery as it was: not merely the South’s “peculiar” institution, but a core feature of American capitalism and empire. The …