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The Economic History of Newport Rhode Island
Language: en
Pages: 225
Authors: Kenneth Walsh
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014 - Publisher: Author House

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Before the American Revolution, Newport was one of the biggest ports on the eastern seaboard thanks to its religious freedom and lack of effective control by Br
The Economic History of Newport Rhode Island
Language: en
Pages: 225
Authors: Kenneth Walsh
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-10-25 - Publisher: AuthorHouse

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Thanks to the efforts of Roger Williams and the Rev. John Clarke Rhode Island was the first secular state of its time. There was religious freedom and no effect
Pirates of Colonial Newport
Language: en
Pages: 168
Authors: Gloria Merchant
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-05-13 - Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

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The stories behind the legends are revealed in this history of Colonial-era piracy and the double lives of those who sailed under the black flag. The story of N
Dark Work
Language: en
Pages: 223
Authors: Christy Clark-Pujara
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-03-06 - Publisher: NYU Press

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Tells the story of one state in particular whose role in the slave trade was outsized: Rhode Island Historians have written expansively about the slave economy
John Banister of Newport
Language: en
Pages: 247
Authors: Marian Mathison Desrosiers
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-07-21 - Publisher: McFarland

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Merchant John Banister (1707-1767) of Newport, Rhode Island, wore many hats: exporter, importer, wholesaler, retailer, money-lender, extender of credit and insu