VIEWING A RHODE ISLAND NATIVE THROUGH TODAY’S LENS: ESEK HOPKINS
Virtual EventLIVELY PANEL DISCUSSION ABOUT CONTROVERSIAL HISTORICAL FIGURE About this Event Esek Hopkins was a successful privateer before the American Revolution and Commander-in-Chief of the Continental navy during the war. Hopkins had some success in his naval career, but he was also accused of disobeying Congressional orders and was dismissed from the Navy in 1778. Before the […]
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