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Stephen Hopkins (March 7, 1707 – July 13, 1785) was a Founding Father of the United States, [2] a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, a chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, and a signer of the Continental Association and Declaration of Independence.
He denounced the measure’s six-pence-per-gallon duty on foreign molasses as destructive of Rhode Island’s lucrative triangular trade with Africa and the West Indies and a levy that diminished Rhode Island’s ability to buy British manufactures or pay British creditors.
Apr 9, 2021 · Stephen Hopkins of Rhode Island: General Assembly Speaker, Superior Court Chief Justice, Governor, and Signer of the Declaration of Independence - Constituting America. Tom Hand, 90 in 90 2021, 6.
May 29, 2018 · Stephen Hopkins Center for Civil Rights Releases Data Brief Responding to Testimony of Office of Attorney General Kilmartin Report of General Treasurer Showing Average forfeiture of only $1,524.00 Contradicts Rhode Island Attorney General’s Testimony Opposing Asset Forfeiture Reform Legislation
He went on to win election as town solicitor in Scituate and served in the Rhode Island General Assembly as a Scituate representative in the 1730s. His colleagues... Stephen Hopkins was born on March 7, 1707, the second of nine children of William and Ruth (Wilkinson) Hopkins.
In a clear statement on the morality of slavery, Rhode Island’s Stephen Hopkins manumits his slave, Saint Jago Hopkins, because slavery is a violation of God’s will. Rhode Island would not abolish slavery through gradual emancipation until 1784. STEPHEN HOPKINS.
Stephen Hopkins was Chief Justice at the time; no one was ever prosecuted. 1774 The Rhode Island General Assembly elected Stephen Hopkins and Samuel Ward as delegates to the First Continental Congress. 1776 Hopkins signs the Declaration of Independence for Rhode Island.
