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=Rhode Island Colonies 723 =

=Nekayla Duke, Jessica Ward, Adina Shamieva, Alexander Palka =

Rhode Island was known for religious freedom. It’s founders were banished from Massachusetts due to their desire for religious freedom. This made the colony of Rhode Island attractive to people who wanted choice of religion.

Rhode Island was the last New England colony to implement a public education system, in the 1880’s. Education was religion based or home schooling. Though there were attempts to make formal public schools, these failed.

Rhode Island was heavily involved in the slave trade. Merchants sponsored at least 934 slaving voyages to the coast of Africa and carried an estimated 106,544 slaves to the New World, earning a fortune.

This is a map of Rhode Island as a Colony This is Roger Williams the founder of rhode island.