Discover the Narragansett foundations beneath Newport’s Gilded Age mansions—wampum diplomacy, Roger Williams’ 1636 Providence, and Rhode Island’s Native history.
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Roger Williams and the Founding of Providence Plantations
In 1636 Roger Williams founded Providence on land granted by Narragansett sachems Canonicus and Miantonomi, shaping religious freedom in America.