Declaration Of Independence - #OTD July 13, 1785, Stephen Hopkins, Chief Justice of RI Supreme Court, Governor of RI, & signer of the Declaration of Independence, died in Providence. In 1769, when Rhode Island Quakers met to vote to manumit their enslaved people, Hopkins was expelled for refusing. #OnThisDay https://t.co/Iz54JZ2wOB

4:05am PDT - July 13th, 2023

#OTD July 13, 1785, Stephen Hopkins, Chief Justice of RI Supreme Court, Governor of RI, & signer of the Declaration of Independence, died in Providence. In 1769, when Rhode Island Quakers met to vote to manumit their enslaved people, Hopkins was expelled for refusing. #OnThisDay https://t.co/Iz54JZ2wOB

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