Rethinking the Gaspee Affair: RI, the Slave Trade, and Revolution
Block Island Maritime Institute 216 Ocean Ave, New Shoreham, Rhode Island, United StatesJoin us July 16 at 7pm at the Block Island Maritime Institute for "Rethinking the Gaspee Affair," a new history program reevaluating Rhode Island's much-lauded Gaspee Affair. The lecture is free and open to all. Beverages and discussion following the talk. Rethinking the Gaspee Affair In June 1772, a group of Rhode Islanders attacked and […]
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