Resources
Links
Click here to browse our list of recommended outside websites, articles and books.
Documents
A chronological, annotated list of primary and secondary documents about democracy in Rhode Island.
1. The Colonial Era
Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson, and more.
2. The American Revolution
The Black Regiment and the Constitutional Convention.
3. The Industrial Revolution & Dorr’s Rebellion
Yankee mills and immigrant labor.
4. Emancipation and Reconstruction
A local perspective on the Civil War and its aftermath.
5. Women’s Suffrage
The struggle for the 19th Amendment.
6. Labor & Immigration Struggles
Workers fight for unions and T.F. Green leads the Bloodless Revolution.
7. The Civil Rights Era
The Civil Rights Movement in the North.
8. The Present Day
The 2006 Right to Vote amendment, other proposals for reform, and the 2008 election.
