CM:
No one is white-washing anything. You apparently have little knowledge of the slave trade as there WERE slaves in RI. And I am a descendant of a Scottish highlander loyalist, John Munro, who was sold into slavery in 1652 by Oliver Cromwell after the defeat of Charles I, and sent to Boston. He eventually was freed and settled in Bristol where many of his descendants lived and now live. Slavery was a common practice but is hardly the central story of Bristol. Perhaps you should read Mount Hope or read/watch Traces of the Trade and you'll see that Bristol's slavery story is hardly white-washed. Nor are the atrocities associated with King Phillip on both sides as recounted by Benjamin Philbrick in Mayflower or by Benjamin Church, the father of the American Rangers/special forces, in his Memoir of the King Phillip War. But more important is Bristol's history as a seaport, and a hub of activity in the Revolutionary War, a headquarters for General Lafayette, a target of invasion and occupation by the British (twice!), a 13 gun protest salute at that time, and the oldest 4th of July parade in the country. This is not to mention its boat/yacht building, and other famous residents such as the Colts. Do some reading CM !
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