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  • African American Responses to the American Revolution in Rhode Island

    Smith's Castle 55 Richard Smith Drive, North Kingstown, RI

    Keith Stokes, Rhode Island Historian Laureate How did the enslaved feel about the phrase "All Men Are Created Equal"? Come join Rhode Island's Historian Laureate for a talk about the African American response to the onset of the Revolution, the oral history, and the cultures that kept this "unwritten" history alive, despite the upheavals and…

  • Early Reparations in the Wake of the Revolutionary War

    Smith's Castle 55 Richard Smith Drive, North Kingstown, RI

    Historian Robert A. Geake will offer a presentation entitled “Early Reparations in the Wake of the Revolutionary War: The Struggle for Widows and Heirs of Patriots of Color for Recognition and Reward.”