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Source: Colonial Williamsburg "Past & Present"

Roundup

9-19-05

Rhode Island Regiment

Colonial Williamsburg interpreter Greg James discusses the determination of the members of an all-black regiment of soldiers, the Rhode Island Regiment.

Read entire article at Colonial Williamsburg "Past & Present"