The Enslaved At Davies Manor
Before, during, and after the Civil War, African Americans played a vital — but until recent decades, unacknowledged — role in the workings of...
Daughters of the American Revolution Van Bunschooten Museum
This museum, located in a period colonial home, boasts an enormous collection of original period artifacts and exhibits. The home itself is still for...
John Brown House Museum
This was the first mansion built in Providence by John Brown, who founded Brown University, was a statesman, and gained his fortune in the slave trade...
Sycamore Hill Gateway Plaza/Sycamore Hill Missionary Baptist Church
On the eve of the Civil War, a small group of African Americans gathered for worship and fellowship. Their church grew on this site as the Sycamore...
McLemore House
Born enslaved about 1829, Harvey McLemore was bound to the white McLemore family until emancipation in 1865.
Abraham Lincoln/ Stephen Douglas Debate Site (1st Debate)
Site of the first of seven Lincoln-Douglas senatorial debates on August 21, 1858. These debates are known for discussing the issue of slavery and...