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William Fobes owned 4 slaves. One woman, one girl, and two boys. He was one of the biggest slave owners in Little Compton.
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The Richmond Family owned four slaves with 3 different slave owners.
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William Briggs owned 4 slaves. He owned them all at the same time.
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Henry and Elizabeth Head each owned 4 slaves.
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The Gray family owned five different slaves with three different slave owners. Their names were Edward, Mary, and William Gray.
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The Southworth family had 5 different slave owners. All of them lived in Little Compton. William Southworth owned 3 slaves. Martha and Andrew Southworth each owned 2 and Joseph and Steven Southworth each owned 1.
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Aaron Davis owned three slaves. One man, one woman, and one girl. All three of them were worth $66.
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Tobias Brown owned five slaves all by himself. They were each worth a lot of money.
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Lt. Thomas Bailey owned three slaves. Two women and one man. One of the women were worth $35 and the other was worth $100.
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Mary Bailey owned three slaves. Two boys and one girl. Joseph and Constant Bailey each owned one boy slave.
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Richard Billings owned four slaves.
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The Grinnell Family owned six slaves with three different slave owners. Their names were Richard, Patience, and Elizabeth Grinnell.
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The Pearce family had 4 different slave owners with a total of 9 slaves. Martha Pearce owned three slaves. Susannah Pearce owned two, while James owned three and Samuel owned one.
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David Hillard owned seven slaves. He owned all of them at one time.
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Susannah Hillard owned four slaves. Those four slaves included two women and two boys.
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While owning this land, this gave Collins the right to vote. However, the first time Collins tried to vote, the moderator at the polling station would not allow him to cast a ballot. After he got denied the right to vote, Colonel William Richmond, who had encouraged Collins to vote in the first place, shouted out, "That man shall vote!" He was able to vote.
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At the age of four, Primus’s master gave him to Colonel William Richmond of Little Compton with a term of twenty-five years. Collins belonged to a small group of enslaved African-Americans in Little Compton. Around 1800, Colonel Richmond freed Collins, releasing him from his term of service about five years early. After he got released His master gave him land which was a farm. That became known as Primus’ Flat Iron.
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On August 5th, 1816, slavery in Little Compton ended for good.
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Today, in Little Compton, a majority of the street signs are named after former slave owners. Also, some stores and areas of water are named after former slave owners. For example, the only school in Little Compton is called Wilbur McMahon - named after a former slave owner.