Explore the Providence Revolutionary War Trail through Native history: the Narragansett homeland, Roger Williams’s 1636 founding, wampum diplomacy, and Rhode Island’s path to revolution.
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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.