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Roger Williams and the Founding of Rhode Island
Rhode Island and the Industrial Revolution
Before Rhode Island: Early Peoples and Archaeology
Immigration to Rhode Island
The Struggle for Woman Suffrage in Rhode Island
Rhode Island, Slavery, and the Slave Trade
African American Civil Rights in Rhode Island
Narragansett History
On the Burning of His Majesty’s Schooner Gaspee in 1772
Rhode Island in the American Revolution
Rhode Island and the Civil War
The Underground Railroad 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
Primary Sources
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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