The Narragansett Pacer: Where and How It Evolved, Flourished, and Died Out
One of the founding breeds of the Standardbred, the Narragansett Pacer has been extinct since the first quarter of the nineteenth century. Yet the Pacer was ubiquitous in colonial North …
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Banister’s Band of Brothers: Fox Hunting in South Kingstown and Narragansett After the American Revolution
We viewed the sea from a high rock…below us of three or four miles extent, a pleasant green meadow, thro’ the middle of which run a pritty winding river. Hamilton …
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The Narragansett Planters: Commercial Agriculture in Colonial South County
The legend of Hannah Robinson is a part of South County folklore that intersects with the history of the Narragansett Planters. Beautiful Hannah fell in love with her charming French …
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Rhode Island Dominates North American Slave Trade in 18th Century
After a slow beginning in the 17th century, the colony of Rhode Island came to dominate the slave trade in British North America in the 18th century.
Slavery by the …
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Newport’s William Mayes Founds a Pirate Republic in Madagascar
Contrary to the popular image of Johnny Depp’s Jack Sparrow character as an amiable buffoon, pirates in their day were usually cruel thugs, petty criminals, and international terrorists. Pirates had …
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The South Kingstown Town Council Refuses to Free Patience, an Enslaved Woman
With the ideology of equality and natural rights permeating American culture after the Revolutionary War, the system of slavery that had been quietly introduced in the American colonies in colonial …
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Father of “12 Years a Slave” Protagonist Hailed from North Kingstown
Rhode Island has many claims to fame. It is unusual, however, to discover a new one. With “12 Years a Slave” winning the 2013 Academy Award for best picture, its …
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