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The 1902 Streetcar Strike Roils Pawtucket
Rhode Island once had a mass transit system that crisscrossed the state. Workers took horsecars and electric streetcars from their tenements to the mills and factories during the week. On …
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Edward Mitchell Bannister and Christiana (Babcock) Bannister: Rhode Island’s African-American Power Couple
Edward Mitchell Bannister, one of Rhode Island’s foremost artists, was born in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada in 1828. His father William came from Barbados in the West Indies; his …
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The Perry Family’s Connections to Bristol and The Bristol Black Ships Festival
Today, August 9, 2019, marks the second Black Ships event held in Bristol by the Japan-America Society and Black Ships Festival of Rhode Island, Inc. This event is a …
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Seth Luther, Union Firebrand Who Railed Against Children Working in Mills
Seth Luther was one of the most memorable figures in the early days of unionism in Rhode Island. When he died in 1863, a Providence Journal obituary said that he …
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