Battle of Rhode Island

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Culture, Letters and Correspondence, People, Slavery and Indentured Servitude, The War Years (1775-1783) April 14, 2021 April 15, 2021

The Discovery of an Important Letter from a Soldier of the 1st Rhode Island Regiment

by Christian M. McBurney

Last spring, the Varnum Memorial Armory Museum in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, announced its discovery of a handwritten letter from a formerly enslaved man…

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People, The War Years (1775-1783) January 18, 2021 January 18, 2021

African Americans in the American Revolution

by Thomas Fleming

Editor’s note: Originally published in JAR in May 2013, this important article about the contribution of African Americans to our nation’s liberty was written…

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Loyalists, People, Politics During the War (1775-1783) May 5, 2020 May 4, 2020

General Charles Lee Imposes Oaths of Allegiance on Newport Tories, 1775

by Christian M. McBurney

Major General Charles Lee visited Newport, Rhode Island, in late December 1775, where he—controversially—insisted that local Loyalists take an oath of allegiance to the…

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