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At the dawn of the 19th century, the role of women in Rhode Island politics was non-existent and the idea of extending suffrage to women was virtually inconceivable. Throughout the …
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Many Rhode Islanders are familiar with the sinking of the U-853 off Block Island in May 1945 at the very end of World War II. German U-boats had been …
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On May 27, 1791, Thomas Mount, a white man born in New Jersey, was hanged in Little Rest (now Kingston). Hanging was never particularly common in Rhode Island. What makes …
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Napoleon Bonaparte said that history is the version of past events that people have decided to agree on. William Jackson was murdered in South Kingstown in 1751, and Thomas Carter …
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