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How a former slave opened Providence’s first restaurant and probably America’s first oyster bar
The oyster aquaculture industry has been one of Rhode Island ... it was the former slave’s vision that helped increase American’s love for oysters. Bernoon is buried in North Burial Ground in ...
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The lost story of the former slave who opened one of Providence’s first restaurants and elevated the oyster
He also created a path to freedom through the oyster industry for those who were still enslaved. But Downing’s success in New York — and American’s love for oysters — was built upon ...