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Microform

Author

Rider, Sidney Smith, 1833-1917

Title An historical inquiry concerning the attempt to raise a regiment of slaves by Rhode Island during the war of the revolution [microform] / by Sidney S. Rider ; with several tables prepared by Jermiah Olney, commandant.

Imprint

Providence : S.S. Rider, 1880.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe Basement Library of American Civilization Microfiche Cabinets	LAC 15886.	---	Available

Description	xxii p., 1 l., 86 p. : ill. ; 16 x 21 cm.
Series	Rhode Island historical tracts ; [1st ser.] no. 10
	Library of American civilization ; LAC 15886.
Note	Memoir of Col. Sidney Jeremiah Olney: p. [vii]-xxii.
	Master microform held by: LrI.
Summary	The author shows that there was no regiment of slaves from Rhode Island, but that under a law in force February-June 1778 about 90 slaves were enlisted and freed, their masters being recompensed by the state. They were incorporated in the 1st Rhode Island continental line, and their conduct at the battle of Rhode Island and elsewhere is investigated. Olney, originally in the 2d Rhode Island regiment, became lieutenant colonel of the 1st, when the two were consolidated and commanded the regiment the closing years of the war.
Reproduction	Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, 1970. 1 microfiche ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of American civilization ; LAC 15886).
Subject	Olney, Jeremiah 1749-1812.
	Rhode Island Infantry. 1st regt. 1777-1783.
	Slavery -- Rhode Island.
	Rhode Island, Battle of, R.I., 1778.
	Rhode Island -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
	United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Regimental histories -- Rhode Island.