Rhode Island history is a series of juxtapositions. Elegant and violent. Genial and piratical. Heroic and self-serving. Recreational and philosophical. 

Most of all, Rhode Island history embraces these juxtapositions and is honest. It is about rising above the lesser human nature to create something better. It is about setting aside smuggling and piracy to create an Industrial Revolution. It is about becoming something greater no matter how small we start.

And for those reasons, Rhode Island history is worth reading. Rhode Island history is worth learning. Because this is the smallest state, it created and creates much bigger things.

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