All posts tagged "Narragansett Indians"
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8.6KBusiness and LaborNative-American Slavery in New England
Native-American slavery began almost as soon as English colonists arrived in Plymouth, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts Bay. The earliest records date...
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13.6K1Arts and LeisureRhode Island’s Plymouth Rock—Well, Almost
Rhode Island’s Plymouth Rock never quite achieved the fame of its counterpart in Massachusetts. But it wasn’t for want of trying. According...
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24.2K5Rhode IslandHow the Quahog Became a Rhode Island Icon
If you know anything about Rhode Island, you know the quahog is sacred and peculiar to America’s smallest and wateriest state. But...
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13.0K5Politics and MilitaryNine Men’s Misery: ‘Oldest Veterans Memorial’ Honors Tortured Plymouth Colonists
On the wooded grounds of an old monastery in Cumberland, R.I., a pile of stones stands next to a cement pillar with...
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13.0K3Politics and MilitaryJohn Andrews Informs Philadelphia of the Trouble with Tea in 1773
John Andrews regularly wrote to his brother-in-law in Philadelphia with the latest news, gossip and scandal in Boston in 1773. For the...
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