by Rosemary Enright and Sue Maden | Feb 8, 2018 | 2018 Articles, Jamestown History Articles
1775 Manumission of Phillip, enslaved by Daniel Weeden, Jr. (Courtesy of Rhode Island Historical Society) Colonial Jamestown had the largest black population, by percentage, of any community in the state. According to a 1706 census, 15 percent of townspeople were...