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This book chronicles the history of the HMS Gaspee, a sloop in the British Royal Navy that was sent to patrol the waters of Narragansett Bay in 1772. The Gaspee cracked down on smugglers and enforced British customs regulation, particularly the Stamp Act. The ship and her captain, William Duddington, were quickly hated by colonists for their campaign of brutality, harassment, and arbitrary enforcement. When the Gaspee ran around in shallow waters,...
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The mentalist, mind binder, and author of Haunted Providence delves into the 19th-century murder of Sarah Maria Cornell.
"If I should be missing, enquire of the Rev. Mr. Avery of Bristol, he will know where I am."
This scribbled note belonged to Sarah M. Cornell, written the day her body was found hanged in a rural pasture in Tiverton, Rhode Island. An unmarried young woman of limited means, Sarah was four months pregnant, and a married Methodist...
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Author Rory Raven has collected stories and tales drawn from the history and folklore of one of the oldest cities in the nation. From restless spirits and mysterious deaths, to vampires and shadowy strangers-including H. P. Lovecraft, one of the most influential horror writers of the twentieth century-Haunted Providence explores the events and untold tales that have made this capital city strangely unique . . . and uniquely strange. Includes photos!...
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The remarkable story of the bloody conflict that erupted in 1841 Rhode Island over allowing non-property owners to vote.
The portly Rhode Island aristocrat was hardly the image of the people's champion-but in 1841, Thomas Dorr became just that. At a time when only white male landowners could vote, the idealistic Dorr envisioned a more democratic state.
In October of that year, the People's Convention ratified a new constitution that extended voting...