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Before Rhode Island: Early Peoples and Archaeology
Narragansett History
Roger Williams and the Founding of Rhode Island
Rhode Island, Slavery, and the Slave Trade
On the Burning of His Majesty’s Schooner Gaspee in 1772
Rhode Island in the American Revolution
The Underground Railroad in Rhode Island
Rhode Island and the Civil War
Rhode Island and the Industrial Revolution
Jewish History in Rhode Island
Immigration to Rhode Island
The Struggle for Woman Suffrage in Rhode Island
African American Civil Rights in Rhode Island
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Political cartoon depicting negativity surrounding Catholic immigrants. Nast, Thomas. The American River Ganges (Political Catholic Church). United States. 30 September 1871. Rhode Island Historical Society Collections: RHi X3 8959.
Immigration to Rhode Island
Immigration to Rhode Island
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Touro Synagogue
The Wedding Cake House
The Rhode Island House of Representatives
Providence Journal Article
Cape Verdean Sailor
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