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How did the smallest colony and smallest state in the union became the largest American participant in the slave trade?

Christy Clark-Pujara, an Assistant Professor in the Department of African-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of Dark Work: The Business of Slavery in Rhode Island, joins us to explore the history of Rhode Island and New England\\u2019s involvement with slavery.

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