Primary Sources

Roger Williams’s Compass
Roger Williams and the Founding of Rhode Island

Musket
Roger Williams and the Founding of Rhode Island

Narragansett Basket
Roger Williams and the Founding of Rhode Island

Apple Tree Root
Roger Williams and the Founding of Rhode Island

Waistcoat
Roger Williams and the Founding of Rhode Island

Roger Williams’s Wallet
Roger Williams and the Founding of Rhode Island

Slater Mill
Rhode Island and the Industrial Revolution

“Slave Cloth”
Rhode Island and the Industrial Revolution

Workers’ Strike
Rhode Island and the Industrial Revolution

Kelley v. Silver Spring Court Notes
Rhode Island and the Industrial Revolution

Child Laborers
Rhode Island and the Industrial Revolution

Micrometer
Rhode Island and the Industrial Revolution

Excavation Unit
Before Rhode Island: Early Peoples and Archaeology

Wetu
Before Rhode Island: Early Peoples and Archaeology

Stone Knife or Awl
Before Rhode Island: Early Peoples and Archaeology

Clay Pottery Sherds
Before Rhode Island: Early Peoples and Archaeology

Soapstone Quarry
Before Rhode Island: Early Peoples and Archaeology

Stone Knife
Before Rhode Island: Early Peoples and Archaeology

Touro Synagogue
Immigration to Rhode Island

The Wedding Cake House
Immigration to Rhode Island

The Rhode Island House of Representatives
Immigration to Rhode Island

Providence Journal Article
Immigration to Rhode Island

Cape Verdean Sailor
Immigration to Rhode Island

The Una
The Struggle for Woman Suffrage in Rhode Island

Women Employees Playing Baseball
The Struggle for Woman Suffrage in Rhode Island

Political Cartoon from a Rhode Island Newspaper
The Struggle for Woman Suffrage in Rhode Island

Girls City Club Logo
The Struggle for Woman Suffrage in Rhode Island

Bertha Higgins’s House
The Struggle for Woman Suffrage in Rhode Island

Narrative of Slave Revolt on Ship off Africa
Rhode Island, Slavery, and the Slave Trade

Account of the Slave Ship Sally
Rhode Island, Slavery, and the Slave Trade

South West View of Seat of Henry Merchant
Rhode Island, Slavery, and the Slave Trade

Newport Gardner
Rhode Island, Slavery, and the Slave Trade

African Free Union Society Meeting
Rhode Island, Slavery, and the Slave Trade

Newspaper Advertisement for “runaway slave”
African American Civil Rights in Rhode Island

Payments for the Removal of Non-Citizens
African American Civil Rights in Rhode Island

Harry Fearson and Black Baseball
African American Civil Rights in Rhode Island

Photograph of Lippitt Hill Redevelopment Project
African American Civil Rights in Rhode Island

Film Still of Student Clash Outside of Central High
African American Civil Rights in Rhode Island

Broadside for the Sale of the Indian Reservation
Narragansett History

Photograph of Tall Oak and Family at August Meeting
Narragansett History

Copy of a letter from Rear Admiral Montagu to Mr. Stephens in the British Parliament
On the Burning of His Majesty’s Schooner Gaspee in 1772

A Proclamation by Governor Wanton
On the Burning of His Majesty’s Schooner Gaspee in 1772

Copy of the testimony of Aaron Briggs
On the Burning of His Majesty’s Schooner Gaspee in 1772

Spinning Wheel
Rhode Island in the American Revolution

Newport Gazette – Loyalist Newspaper
Rhode Island in the American Revolution

Engraving of Nathanael Greene
Rhode Island in the American Revolution

Map of the Siege of Newport
Rhode Island in the American Revolution

Lovell Hospital Pass
Rhode Island and the Civil War

Letter to Governor William Sprague to Accept Volunteers of African Descent
Rhode Island and the Civil War

An Account of Women’s Donations to the War
Rhode Island and the Civil War

Photograph of Kady Brownell
Rhode Island and the Civil War

Annotated Map of Gettysburg
Rhode Island and the Civil War

Petition for Repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law from the “colored citizens” of Newport
The Underground Railroad in Rhode Island

Runaway Advertisement for James Curry
The Underground Railroad in Rhode Island

Engraving of Ann Maria Jackson and her Seven Children
The Underground Railroad in Rhode Island