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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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Petition for the Repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law from the “colored citizens” of Newport. Rhode Island State Archives collections.
The Underground Railroad in Rhode Island
Elizabeth Buffum Chace and the Underground Railroad in Rhode Island
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Petition for Repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law from the “colored citizens” of Newport
Runaway Advertisement for James Curry
Engraving of Ann Maria Jackson and her Seven Children
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