An historical inquiry concerning the attempt to raise a regiment of slaves by Rhode Island during the war of the revolution / by Sidney S. Rider ; with several tables prepared by Lt.-Col. Jeremiah Olney, commandant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rider, Sidney S. (Sidney Smith), 1833-1917.

Series:

Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 3: The institution of slavery.

Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 3: The institution of slavery

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Army.

History.

Regimental histories.

Rhode Island--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.

Rhode Island.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Regimental histories--Rhode Island.

United States.

Rhode Island, Battle of, R.I., 1778.

Olney, Jeremiah, 1749-1812.

Olney, Jeremiah.

United States. Army. Rhode Island Infantry Regiment, 1st (1777-1783).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii pages, 1 leaf, 86 pages) : illustrations.

Other Title:

Institution of slavery

Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 3: The institution of slavery.

Place of Publication:

Providence : S.S. Rider, 1880.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Memoir of Col. Jeremiah Olney: p. [vii]-xxii.

The author shows that there was no regiment of slaves from Rhode Island, but that under a law in force February-June 1778 about 90 slaves were enlisted and freed, their masters being recompensed by the state. They were incorporated in the 1st Rhode Island continental line, and their conduct at the battle of Rhode Island and elsewhere is investigated. Olney, originally in the 2nd Rhode Island regiment, became lieutenant colonel of the 1st, when the two were consolidated, and commanded the regiment the closing years of the war.

Reproduction of the original from the State Historical Society of Wisconsin Library.

OCLC:

822973317

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