![]() In March 1676, Providence Plantations was burned to the ground by the Narragansetts as part of King Philip's War. This statute constituted the first anti-slavery law in the United States, though there is no evidence the prohibition was ever enforced. In 1652, Providence prohibited African and African American slavery for periods of longer than 10 years. Over the following two decades, Providence Plantations grew into a self sufficient agricultural and fishing settlement, though its lands were difficult to farm and its borders were disputed with Connecticut and Massachusetts. ![]() Roughly six acres each, these home lots extended from Towne Street (now South Main Street) to Hope Street. The settlers thus organized themselves, allotting tracts on the eastern side of the Providence River in 1638. Unlike Salem and Boston, Providence lacked a royal charter. Here they established a new settlement they termed " Providence Plantations", one of the earliest towns in Colonial America. The group later moved down the Seekonk River, around the point now known as Fox Point and up the Providence River to the confluence of the Moshassuck and Woonasquatucket Rivers. Williams and others established a settlement in Rumford, Rhode Island. For these "diverse, new, and dangerous opinions," he was convicted of sedition and heresy and banished from the colony. As a minister in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Williams had advocated for the separation of church and state and condemned colonists' confiscation of land from Native Americans. Providence was settled in June 1636 by Puritan theologian Roger Williams and grew into one of the original Thirteen Colonies. Founded by Roger Williams in 1638, its present meetinghouse was first occupied in 1775. The First Baptist Church in America is the oldest Baptist congregation in America. census, Providence has a population of 190,934, making it the third-most-populous city in New England after Boston and Worcester, Massachusetts. ![]() Today, the city of Providence is home to eight hospitals and eight institutions of higher learning which have shifted the city's economy into service industries, though it still retains some manufacturing activity.Īs of the 2020 U.S. Providence was one of the first cities in the country to industrialize and became noted for its textile manufacturing and subsequent machine tool, jewelry, and silverware industries. The city is situated at the mouth of the Providence River at the head of Narragansett Bay. He named the area in honor of "God's merciful Providence" which he believed was responsible for revealing such a haven for him and his followers. One of the oldest cities in New England, it was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. ![]()
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