by JHS | Feb 26, 2018 | Events
The historical society is sponsoring the opportunity for Jamestowners to submit historic photos for the Providence Journal’s upcoming “Rhode Island Memories: The Early Years” book project. Learn more...
by JHS | Feb 9, 2018 | Library Exhibits
New Library Exhibit: Black History Month Our Black History Over 15 percent of Colonial Jamestowners were Black slaves. Through the hard economic times after the American Revolution, few Blacks remained. The needs of visitors in the Resort Era of the late 19th...
by Rosemary Enright and Sue Maden | Feb 8, 2018 | 2018 Articles, Jamestown History Articles
1775 Manumission of Phillip, enslaved by Daniel Weeden, Jr. (Courtesy of Rhode Island Historical Society) Colonial Jamestown had the largest black population, by percentage, of any community in the state. According to a 1706 census, 15 percent of townspeople were...