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 ...

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 ...

George E. Matteson spent decades roaming the back roads of western Rhode Island, creating hand-drawn maps that are a repository of local lore. A typical Matteson map, printed around the middle of ...