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Brown University – University Hall

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University Hall, Brown University, 1 Prospect Street
Providence, RI 02912 United States

August 2021

Illuminating the Legacy of Slavery in Rhode Island – Providence

August 26, 2021 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Brown University – University Hall, University Hall, Brown University, 1 Prospect Street
Providence, RI 02912 United States
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In June of 2020, (former RI) House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello stated that he was “unsure” if there had ever been slavery in Rhode Island. The Womxn Project chose Brown University’s most iconic building, University Hall, as a site for artivist projections on August 26th, to illuminate the fact that enslaved laborers not only lived and worked in Rhode Island, but they built some of our state’s most significant buildings. We are excited that Brown’s Center for the Study of Slavery and…

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