Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Rhode Island” in chapter 13 of HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855.:
... cattle, but could not succeed.
No cargoes of slaves were brought into Medford; but how many cargoes of Medford rum went to Africa and the West Indies, and were returned in slaves to Carolina or Rhode Island , we cannot say. The gentlemen of Medford have always disclaimed any participation in the slave-trade.
The following extract from a letter, dated Boston, 14th January, 1759, may show what was done...
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| Entity | Corpus | Doc | Corpus | Doc | |||
| † | Rhode Island (Rhode Island, United States) | 3,308 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | |
| Rhode Island (California, United States) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Rhode Island (New York, United States) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Rhode Island (Texas, United States) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
† This entity has been selected by the automated classifier as the most likely match in this context. It may or may not be the correct match.