“Disowning Slavery: Gradual Emancipation & Race in Rhode Island” with Rhode Island’s leading scholar on Rhode Island slavery, Dr. Joanne Pope Melish, and author Dr. Marcus Nevius of URI. Linden Place, Bristol, RI, Thursday, June 13th at 5pm. Bristol is Rhode Island’s largest slave port and DeWolf, owner of Linden Place, the nation’s most prolific slave trader