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An advertisement in the Newport Mercury outlining property for sale, facilitated by William Ellery

A portrait of William Ellery, painted in 1876 over fifty years after his death.

A letter supposedly written by Sir Robert Pigot, the commander of British forces during the Battle of Rhode Island to Sir Henry Clinton. The letter follows with commentary by an anonymous "American Officer" who generally states that Pigot overstated…

A British medal with Dutch inscriptions depicting the Battle of Rhode Island. The medal was struck as a manner of propoganda, attempting to dissuade the Dutch from joining the Treaty of Armed Neutrality.

Map of Newport, RI published in September of 1777.

This is the full account of the anonymous account of the Siege of Gibraltar excerpted in newspapers and magazines in 1781.

The signature of Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, one of the few remaining pieces of evidence from his life.

The first autobiography printed by an African in Britain and the first known slave narrative, this text recounts the life of Ukawsaw Gronniosaw beginning with his capture and sale into slavery.

The diaries of the prominent Jamaican sugar planter Thomas Thistlewood offer a gruesome look into the commonplace physical and sexual violence of slavery that perpetuated the objectification and oppression of enslaved bodies.