“Slave holding, not so much. “
Where do you read your history, MSNBC? RI was a major slave holding/using colony until 1784. To claim they outlawed and had no slaves is ridiculous.
If you read my post you would see that I didn't say that. They didn't outlaw slavery, they adopted a graduated emancipation system. They didn't suddenly free their slaves, there were slaves held as late as 1840. But I don't know of anything that supports your claim that Rhode Island had more slaves on a per capita basis.