An historical inquiry concerning the attempt to raise a regiment of slaves by Rhode Island during the war of the revolution

An historical inquiry concerning the attempt to raise a regiment of slaves by Rhode Island during the war of the revolution

Providence Sidney S. Rider, 1880

xxii, 86 p. ; 21 cm

974.503 R544 1880 MB

(OCoLC)02609123

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 2d Rhode Island regiment, became lieutenant colonel of the 1st, when the two were consolidated, and commanded the regiment the closing years of the war

Memoir of Col. Sidney Jeremiah Olney: p. [vii]-xxii
77.1.323

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