Book "A Dependent People; Newport, Rhode Island in the Revolutionary Era" by Elaine Forman Crane, 1985. Nice softback with 196 pages, INDEXED, 9" x 6", illustrated, bibliography, in EXCELLENT NEARLY BRAND NEW CONDITION, with Primary & Secondary printed sources, etc. Includes a List of Newport Taxpayers Assessed 1772 which includes Name, Occupation, and Number of slaves owned 1774. Also includes Table of Newport Slave Traders 1760; Concentration of Wealth in Highest Taxpayers 1760, 1772, 1775; Number of Slaves Owned by Families in Newport 1774; Growth of White, Black, and Indian Population in Newport, 1730-1774; Religious Denominations, by Number of Families, 1760 and 1770; Concentration of Wealth in Highest Taxpayers, 1760, 1772, 1775, 1783. EXCELLENT Reference book for the genealogist studying Newport, RI! See more on this at; http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=309089178