New England Bound: Slavery and Colonization in Early America

Please join us for this final lecture in a series of book talks organized with the Rhode Island Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project and the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice at Brown University. Wendy Warren, Professor of History at Princeton University, will give a talk on her recent book, New England Bound: Slavery and Colonization in Early America. Wendy Warren reconfigures colonial history by sharing how New England’s economy derived its vitality from the profusion of slave-trading ships coursing through its ports. The growth of the northern colonies was dependent on the Atlantic slave trade. She reveals how indigenous people were systematically sold into slavery in the West Indies and how prominent colonial families were motivated by their slave-trading investments. Copies of New England Bound will be available for purchase and a reception will follow the lecture.