This is the grave of James DeWolf. Born in 1764 in Bristol, Rhode Island, DeWolf grew up in the shipping world of that city, which was one of the biggest shipping hubs in the colonies, despite its small size today. This was a big port...
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On January 23, 1922, the United Textile Workers led between 70,000 and 85,000 workers out on strike, protesting the continued exploitative reality of work in the apparel factories. This was.
Like Paul, I am utterly perplexed at Democrats' response to Trump's election. After hearing nothing but how Trump was the biggest monster and threat to democracy of all time, leading.
On June 3, 1824, the Pawtucket, Rhode Island factory strike, one of the first strikes in American history, ended. This is a great entry point into the difficulties of labor in early Industrial America and the ways in which workers began to stand up for...
This is the grave of Nelson Aldrich. Born in 1841 in Foster, Rhode Island, Aldrich came from a family with long connections to the New England colonial elite, but which.
I had a friend come give a talk at URI a couple of weeks ago, who works on the nuclear West. An art professor was there and asked if we.
This is the grave of T.F. Green. Born in 1867 in Providence, Rhode Island, Theodore Francis Green grew up pretty well off. His father was a prominent lawyer. Green went to Brown, graduating in 1887 and then getting a master's degree from there in 1888....
This one was kind of fun for me. It's a compilation of early film footage from Providence in the 1910s and 1920 that the Rhode Island Historical Society stitched together..
This is the grave of Stephen Hopkins. Born in 1707 in Providence, Rhode Island, Hopkins was part of the elite of that colony. His family had settled there early and.
This 1947 travel film about Rhode Island is....something. Kinda boring. Kinda interesting for the footage. Kinda offensive in the statement that Rhode Island has no history before white settlement. Kinda 1947 America. https://www.youtube.com/embed/SrsTwWQ8RIQ
It's a landmark number in the film series. Plus I've never really paid attention to Rhode Island in this thing. So let's check out this 1921 urban booster film of.
This is the grave of Thomas Dorr. Born in 1805 in Providence, Dorr grew up in a wealthy family of the Industrial Revolution. His father was a big time textile.