We Were Here Too

"This book is a compendium of essays, stories, and scholarly works which cover a gamut of topics that range from slavery, slave trading and Negro Cloth production to everyday home, hearth, and family. The people you will meet between these pages include freed slaves who went on to do great things, black mariners who sailed the Atlantic during the 19th century, farmers and soldiers, and a remarkable woman whose life spanned 109 years. Their lives, and the lives of countless other black citizens of our community, matter. And that's what this book is really all about - telling a more complete story. Open these pages and share in the tragedy and triumph of the black community in North Kingstown across the centuries."--