colony's economy. He noted that the Intolerable Acts severely affected the ability for Rhode Island merchants, many of whom participated in the attack on the Gaspee, to profit from slavery and the industries which were dependent on the slave trade, such as the rum and molasses trades. DeFrancesco wrote that the colonists' "supposed fight for liberty was in fact a fight for the freedom to profit from the business of slavery", and claimed that celebrations of the incident in Rhode Island represent "New England’s historical amnesia on slavery." Pawtuxet Village commemorates the Gaspee affair each year with Gaspee Days. This festival includes arts and crafts and races, but the highlight is the Gaspee Days parade, which features burning the Gaspee in effigy and a Revolutionary War battle reenactment, among other entertainments. See also Caroline affair HMS Diana Historiography of the Gaspee Affair References Further reading External links The Gaspee Virtual Archives A History of the Destruction of His Britannic Majesty's Schooner Gaspee by John Russell Bartlett, at The Gaspee Virtual Archives Doing Research on the Gaspee Affair: Primary and Secondary Bibliographic Sources The Quest for the Gaspee 2003 – NOAA Gaspee.info, website of the Joseph Bucklin Society. Podcast description of the Gaspee Affair Gaspee Commission Documents from the Rhode Island State Archives Gaspee Commission records finding aid from the Rhode Island State Archives An Act of War on the Eve of Revolution, by Commander Benjamin F. Armstrong, U.S. Navy February 2016 Naval History Magazine Volume 30, Number 1 1772 in Rhode Island 1772 in the Thirteen Colonies Maritime incidents in 1772 Naval battles involving the United Kingdom Naval battles involving the United States Rhode Island in the American Revolution Schooners of the Royal Navy Ship fires Warwick, Rhode Island