Newport, RI
2 first-person accounts from the Revolutionary era.
Historical Voices
Colonel Christopher Greene
The Regiment That Fought for Someone Else's Freedom
The 1st Rhode Island Regiment was formed out of desperation. By early 1778, Rhode Island could not fill its Continental Army quota with white volunteers. The state legislature voted to allow enslaved ...
Modern Voices
What Three Years of Occupation Cost
People visit Newport today and see the mansions, the harbor, the preserved colonial architecture. What they do not see is the town that was destroyed between 1776 and 1779. The British occupation of N...
