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Narrative of the life of Henry Box Brown, written by himself
The life of a slave in Virginia and his escape to Philadelphia.
Gaspee Point
The burning of the British ship Gaspee was one of the earliest events of the Revolutionary War. It happened on Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay at Gaspee Point, so named for the event. Since then, that area of the City of Warwick has been many things to local citizens, from camping on the shores to a full-fledged cottage community. This, then, is Gaspee Point's history.
Henry IV
The crucial first years of Henry IV's reign examined, to discover how he met and overcame the challenges created by his usurpation of the throne. Having seized the throne from his cousin Richard II in 1399, Henry Bolingbroke, the first nobleman to be made king of England since the twelfth century, faced the remarkable challenge of securing his power and authority over a kingdom that was divided and in turmoil. This collection of essays - the first such collection focusing specifically on the reign of the first Lancastrian king - by some of the leading historians of late medieval England, takes a fresh look at the crucial but neglected first years of Henry IV's reign, examining how Henry met ...
Salt Pork and Poor Bread and Whiskey
This is an account of the visits of John Brown Francis (later a five-term governor of Rhode Island) to the vast Adirondack wilderness known as "John Brown's tract" after the diarist's grandfather, one of the founders of the Brown dynasty in Providence. The elder man had had a grand vision of developing the timber and mineral resources of the tract (210,000 acres, or over 320 square miles), but had been repeatedly thwarted by climatic and environmental obstacles. Even though his personal efforts died with him in 1803, his heirs attempted for decades afterwards to carry out his vision. Descriptions of floods, summer frosts and other difficulties in the diaries demonstrate that even after the r...
Long Time Gone
Experience the entire Civil War through the eyes of the soldiers-North and South. Fast paced, this very human story reads like you're watching a movie. "During wartime, soldiers never know the whole picture. Tracing the surprising parallel lives of childhood friends and kinsmen, Elisha Hunt Rhodes of the 2nd R. I. Regiment and James Rhodes Sheldon of the 50th Georgia Regiment, amidst the background of the Civil War from beginning to end, Les Rolston has shed new light from primary and secondary sources and added a poignant human touch to history." Robert Hunt Rhodes-editor of ALL FOR THE UNION: THE CIVIL WAR DIARY AND LETTERS OF ELISHA HUNT RHODES as featured in the PBS-TV series THE CIVIL WAR by Ken Burns.
The Warwick Railroad
At the turn of the nineteenth century, the establishment of the Warwick Railroad marked a time of significant change for the people of Providence, Rhode Island. Providence was a wealthy city, but travel around the area was limited, pollution was widespread, and oppressive mill owners took advantage of workers who were left with no other options. Punctuated by actual historical documents from the early 1900s--which includes giving ever-popular clambakes their due--this is the story of how the new railroad forever changed the daily lives of both the wealthy and working classes, and made it possible for residents of the area to exercise greater freedoms in their work, leisure, and even religious practices. For the first time, this essential, often-overlooked part of Rhode Island history is detailed for history enthusiasts through the collaborative efforts of local historians Don D'Amato, Henry A.L. Brown, David R. Tremblay and the Warwick Historical Society.
Henry Brown Papers
Includes miscellaneous correspondence, including a letter from his son, Rabbi Samuel H. Baron, an Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation bulletin honoring Brown on his 75th birthday, 1952 and other miscellaneous materials.
Block Island
Treasured by locals and visitors alike, the charm of Block Island, Rhode Island, first developed as a summer resort in the late 1800s, is shown here throughout its history, from its begininning in 1637, to farming and fishing community, to summer scenes of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Block Island explores the evolution of the small, 7-by-3-mile island that lies between Point Judith, Rhode Island, and Montauk Point, New York. In 1637, Block Island, also known as "New Shoreham," was claimed by Massachusetts soldiers who took the land away from the Manisses Indians. When the island was sold to 16 proprietors in 1660, the history of Block Island as part of Rhode Island began. At...
