The Makers of Modern Rhode Island

Picking up where Rhode Island's Founders left off Dr. Patrick T. Conley, Rhode Island's preeminent historian and president of the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame, takes us through the Ocean State's history from 1790 to 1860. Learn how Samuel Slater, the Father of the Factory System, pioneered the making of modern Rhode Island, how Elizabeth Buffum Chace founded the Rhode Island Women's Suffrage Association and what political circumstances led Governor Thomas Wilson Dorr to the Dorr War in 1842. This newly revised and updated edition includes colorful biographical sketches of fifty-six influential Rhode Islanders who helped shape the state's urban and industrial development into the modern Rhode Island of today, including some lesser-known Rhode Islanders, including Eliza Jumel and Adin Ballou.

Author: Patrick T. Conley
Publisher: History Press
Published: 05/15/2023
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 9.08h x 6.15w x 0.43d
ISBN13: 9781467154024
ISBN10: 1467154024
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- History | United States | State & Local | New England (CT, MA, ME, NH,
- History | United States | 19th Century