The History of Bristol, R.I.
Author | : Wilfred Harold Munro |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 434 |
Release | : 1881 |
Genre | : Bristol (R.I. : Town) |
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Author | : Wilfred Harold Munro |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 434 |
Release | : 1881 |
Genre | : Bristol (R.I. : Town) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Maynard Bray |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Boatbuilding |
ISBN | : 9780971067820 |
Author | : Thomas Williams Bicknell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 758 |
Release | : 1898 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Thomas Williams Bicknell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 1920 |
Genre | : Rhode Island |
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Author | : James N. 1844-1927 Arnold |
Publisher | : Palala Press |
Total Pages | : 454 |
Release | : 2016-04-22 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781354270172 |
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Author | : Cynthia Mestad Johnson |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 189 |
Release | : 2014-04-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1625850158 |
An unsettling story of corruption and exploitation in the Ocean State from slave ships to politics. Over thirty thousand slaves were brought to the shores of colonial America on ships owned and captained by James DeWolf. When the United States took action to abolish slavery, this Bristol native manipulated the legal system and became actively involved in Rhode Island politics in order to pursue his trading ventures. He served as a member of the House of Representatives in the state of Rhode Island and as a United States senator, all while continuing the slave trade years after passage of the Federal Slave Trade Act of 1808. DeWolf's political power and central role in sustaining the state's economy allowed him to evade prosecution from local and federal authorities--even on counts of murder. Through archival records, author Cynthia Mestad Johnson uncovers the secrets of James DeWolf.
Author | : Wilfred H. Munro |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Beginning with the visits of the Northmen, the historical narrative moves forward through accounts of the Indian wars, the character and lives of the early settlers in Bristol, the events of the American Revolution, the privateers of the War of 1812, the commerce of the port, and sketches of the region's distinguished men as it progresses towards the present. Genealogical information is presented in the form of records from churches, lists of freemen, businessmen, selectmen and constables. There is also a "Roll of Honor" of Bristol men who served in the Civil War, and a roll of representatives in the General Court of Plymouth Colony, 1682-1692; the General Court of Massachusetts, 1692-1746; and in the General Assembly of Rhode Island from 1747 to 1880.
Author | : Asher Benjamin |
Publisher | : Applewood Books |
Total Pages | : 65 |
Release | : 1989-05 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1557091048 |
This book revolutionized 19th-century American architecture and changed forever the type of building that was done in our country.
Author | : Thomas Norman DeWolf |
Publisher | : Beacon Press |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780807072813 |
In 2001, at forty-seven, Thomas DeWolf was astounded to discover that he was related to the most successful slave-trading family in American history, responsible for transporting at least 10,000 Africans to the Americas. His infamous ancestor, U.S. senator James DeWolf of Bristol, Rhode Island, curried favor with President Thomas Jefferson to continue in the trade after it was outlawed. When James DeWolf died in 1837, he was the second-richest man in America. When Katrina Browne, Thomas DeWolf's cousin, learned about their family's history, she resolved to confront it head-on, producing and directing a documentary feature film, Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North. Inheriting the Trade is Tom DeWolf's powerful and disarmingly honest memoir of the journey in which ten family members retraced the steps of their ancestors and uncovered the hidden history of New England and the other northern states. Their journey through the notorious Triangle Trade-from New England to West Africa to Cuba-proved life-altering, forcing DeWolf to face the horrors of slavery directly for the first time. It also inspired him to contend with the complicated legacy that continues to affect black and white Americans, Africans, and Cubans today. Inheriting the Trade reveals that the North's involvement in slavery was as common as the South's. Not only were black people enslaved in the North for over two hundred years, but the vast majority of all slave trading in America was done by northerners. Remarkably, half of all North American voyages involved in the slave trade originated in Rhode Island, and all the northern states benefited. With searing candor, DeWolf tackles both the internal and external challenges of his journey-writing frankly about feelings of shame, white male privilege, the complicity of churches, America's historic amnesia regarding slavery-and our nation's desperate need for healing. An urgent call for meaningful and honest dialogue, Inheriting the Trade illuminates a path toward a more hopeful future and provides a persuasive argument that the legacy of slavery isn't merely a southern issue but an enduring American one. "Exploring the links between a grand Rhode Island mansion and dungeons in Ghana, Tom DeWolf traces the infernal trade that gave his family, and this country, great wealth and power. His journey into the past forces painful questions to the surface, and illuminates our present." -Henry Wiencek, Winner of the National Book Critics' Circle Award and author of An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America "Thomas DeWolf's personal journey into his family's long hidden slave trading past is a compelling invitation to explore how our country and many institutions, including churches, benefited from this dark chapter. Such exploration is essential if we are to move forward to a place of repair and racial reconciliation." -Frank T. Griswold, 25th Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church "Tom DeWolf's deeply personal story, of his own journey as well as his family's, is required reading for anyone interested in reconciliation. Healing from our historic wounds, that continue to separate us, requires us to walk this road together." -Myrlie Evers-Williams, civil rights leader, chairman emeritus of the NAACP (1995-98), and author of The Autobiography of Medgar Evers, Watch Me Fly, and For Us the Living "Inheriting the Trade is like a slow-motion mash-up, a first-person view from within one of the country's founding families as it splinters, then puts itself back together again." -Edward Ball, author of Slaves in the Family "Inheriting the Trade is a candid, powerful and insightful book about how one family de