Ocean State Libraries

Mumbet's Declaration of Independence tells the story of a Massachusetts slave from the Revolutionary era--in 1781, she successfully used the new Massachusetts Constitution to make a legal case that she should be free.

Recounts the life of Paul Revere, including the events leading up to his famous ride to warn the colonists of the movement of the British soldiers.

Renowned for his silversmithing, his ride from Boston to Lexington, Massachusetts to warn that the British were attacking made Paul Revere famous. However, Paul Revere was also involved with other events that led to the American Revolution.

Story of Tituba, a West Indian slave who was unjustly accused of witchcraft at the outset of the Salem, Massachusetts, witch trials.

A biography of the man made famous by a poem about the American Revolution, placing his life and work in its real historical context.

Paul Revere sets off to warn the American colonists of the approach of British soldiers in the spring of 1775.

Describes the life of the silversmith who made the historic ride to announce the coming of British troops to Massachusetts at the beginning of the Revolutionary War.