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Museum on slave trade planned for Episcopal cathedral in Providence, Rhode Island

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Kendall Harmon

A shuttered church could soon shine a light on Rhode Island’s dark role in the slave trade.
Church leaders hope it will also help heal a divided state and nation.

The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island wants to use part of the Cathedral of St. John for a museum that will look at those who made money in the slave trade ”” and those who opposed it. Churchgoers and clergymen filled both camps.

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