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Gaspee Raid Inspires Boston Tea Party Raiders to Disguise Themselves as Narragansetts
1 year ago

Gaspee Raid Inspires Boston Tea Party Raiders to Disguise Themselves as Narragansetts

By  •  American Revolution and Revolutionary War, Race Relations

Last week, this website ran an article providing strong contemporaneous evidence that many of the men who broke open the tea chests and destroyed the tea inside them on board …
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Narragansetts (Not Mohawks) Blamed for Boston Tea Party
1 year ago

Narragansetts (Not Mohawks) Blamed for Boston Tea Party

By  •  American Revolution and Revolutionary War, Race Relations

In the evening of December 16, 1773, a band of Boston Whigs (commonly known today as Patriots) charged onto three merchant ships at a wharf in Boston Harbor and dumped …
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Samuel Casey, Talented Colonial Silversmith and Notorious Counterfeiter, Escapes the Hangman
1 year ago

Samuel Casey, Talented Colonial Silversmith and Notorious Counterfeiter, Escapes the Hangman

By  •  Colonial

Samuel Casey of Little Rest (now Kingston) was one of the most skilled silversmiths in colonial times in all of the colonies.  His craftsmanship of silver tankards and teapots made …
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