Rhode Island Slave Law of 1784

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Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf law
gptkbp:allows slave ownership
gptkbp:contributedTo economic_growth_of_Rhode_Island
gptkbp:defines status of enslaved people
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Rhode_Island_General_Assembly
gptkbp:established legal framework for slavery
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Rhode Island Slave Law of 1784
gptkbp:impact enslaved individuals
slavery_in_Rhode_Island
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:American_Revolution
gptkbp:isActiveIn legal studies
gptkbp:isAssociatedWith slave trade
gptkbp:isAttendedBy sociologists
gptkbp:isChallengedBy court cases
civil rights activists
gptkbp:isCitedIn legal discussions on slavery
gptkbp:isConsidered historical document
a precursor to later laws
gptkbp:isCriticizedFor human rights violations
abolitionists
gptkbp:isDescribedAs modern scholarship
gptkbp:isDiscussedIn public policy debates
academic literature
gptkbp:isDocumentedIn historical archives
state archives
gptkbp:isExaminedBy historians
historical documentaries
educational curricula
gptkbp:isFacilitatedBy historical context
gptkbp:isInfluencedBy colonial laws
gptkbp:isLinkedTo racial discrimination
social justice issues
historical injustices
gptkbp:isNotedFor its impact on slavery
gptkbp:isPartOf the abolitionist movement
debates on human rights
American_legal_history
the_history_of_slavery_in_America
legal_history_of_the_United_States
Rhode_Island_history
gptkbp:isReferencedBy legal scholars
gptkbp:isReferencedIn historical texts
gptkbp:isRelatedTo slavery_in_New_England
gptkbp:isStudiedIn law schools
gptkbp:isVisitedBy 1798
gptkbp:ledTo legal challenges
gptkbp:provides legal rights to slave owners
gptkbp:providesOpportunitiesFor slave escape
gptkbp:purpose regulate slavery
gptkbp:relatedTo abolition movement
gptkbp:requires slave registration
gptkbp:wasPartOf slavery_laws_in_the_United_States
gptkbp:yearEstablished 1784