Ocean State Libraries

In 1790, the suspicious residents of a small Vermont town try to trick the man who has been sent to count their population for the first United States Census.

Examines the events and personalities involved in the political development of the United States in the period following the creation of the Constitution.

A fascinating, thoroughly researched historical novel of Haiti and Africa, and the early United States, outlining Haitians battle for freedom seen through the eyes of one man. It features Albion Hamlin, who comes to Boston in 1800 to defend a man accused of violating the Alien and Sedition Act. In a whirlwind of action, Hamlin is jailed, and then escapes to Haiti in search of his client's daughter, Lydia Bailey, with whom he has fallen in love simply...

Surveys the decisive years, 1789-1801, of the American Republicwhen the leadership of the Federalists formed a solid base for the Government and the future of a nation.

Through the use of still pictures, interviews with experts and historical re-enactments, this video highlights the struggles and compromisesa new nation goes through to create a democracy which would develop into a model around the world.

Presents the life of the eccentric American statesman, Benjamin Franklin.