From Slaves to Soldiers: The 1st Rhode Island Regiment in the American Revolution. Back Metadata Thumbnail Share TitleFrom Slaves to Soldiers: The 1st Rhode Island Regiment in the American Revolution.Author and ContributorsGeake, Robert A. | Spears, Loren.Date Published2016Document FormatBookPublisherThe History PressPlace Of PublicationCharleston, S.C.HoldingsRhode Island Historical SocietyLink to RIHS Digital Cataloghttps://rihs.minisisinc.com//SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/144/BIBLIO/WEB_BIBLIO_DETAIL_REPORT?SESSIONSEARCH&exp=sisn%2029854Call NumberE269 N3 G42 2016CNEB_IDRIHS_111City-TownRHODE ISLANDDatePublishedClean2016 Continue browsing Death in Early New England: Rites, Rituals and Remembrance. Mutiny and Murder. Confession of Charles Gibbs, a Native of Rhode Island; Who, with Thomas J. Wansley, was Doomed to be Hung in New-York on the 22d of April last, for the Murder of the Captain and Mate of the Brig Vineyard, on Her Passage from New-Orleans to Philadelphia, in November 1830. Gibbs confesses that within a few years he has participated in the murder of nearly 400 human beings. Back to items list