People of Color in Little Compton, Rhode Island, 1670-1920

This dataset of approximately 1,000 record entries and 380 individuals is based on primary source documents referring to African and Indigenous people enslaved in and around Little Compton, Rhode Island (also known as Sakonnet) from the late 1600s to 1816. It also includes entries for indentured people (especially forcibly indentured people) of all races, as well as entries for free people of color. The database’s purpose is to return the voices of forgotten people to Little Compton’s local history and to provide researchers with access to primary source documents that pertain to Little Compton’s people of color - enslaved, indentured, and free.