
September 2019
Rethinking the Gaspee Affair: RI, the Slave Trade, and Revolution
Free
Join us September 17 at 7pm at the Warwick Public Library 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. Rethinking the Gaspee Affair In June 1772, a group of Rhode Islanders attacked and burned the British customs ship Gaspee, contributing to the increase in tensions that ultimately led to the American Revolution. Each year, Rhode Island celebrates the Gaspee burning as “America’s First Blow for…
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