In 1816, Orman Remington recounted part of his life to the Newport Town Council. He stated that he was born on the western coast of Africa and brought to Rhode Island by Captain Robert Stoddard when he was twelve or thirteen years old. By then, Remington was an elderly man who had built a life [...] The post Orman Remington: Enslavement and Freedom in Jamestown appeared first on Historic New England.
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