Right around the time that he was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony ... refuge in what is now Rhode Island, Mary ...

In fact, they began large-scale use of slaves, and plunged into the privateering that invited the colony's extinction by the Spanish in 1641. As a well-planned and well-financed failure, Providence ...

As Rhode Island's capital, Providence is well-known as the ... King Charles II of England granted Williams a charter for the colony in 1663. Since that founding day in 1636, Providence played ...

Dozens of people gathered in Providence Saturday afternoon to hold what they call the first annual “Rhode Island Palestine Day.” The event featured vendors, food, dancing and music with the ...