Take a self-guided tour that explores Providence’s Black history from the early days of the Rhode Island colony to today. The city’s Early Black History Walking Tour provides insight into the ...

One possible reason is that Rhode Island also couldn’t afford to enforce a ban on slavery. The colony dominated the North American trade of slaves, with Newport is the major slave-trading port ...

Having contributed to its formulation, Rhode Island’s leaders demanded such a system in return for this state’s grudging ratification of the Constitution on May 29, 1790. Patrick T. Conley is ...