https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/us/politics/rhode-island-plantation.html
Rhode Island, known formally as the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, will drop the latter half of its official name on state documents and websites following an executive order signed by Gov. Gina Raimondo.
“We have to acknowledge our history, that’s true, but we can acknowledge our history without elevating a phrase that’s so deeply associated with the ugliest time in our state and in our country’s history,” Ms. Raimondo, a Democrat, said at a news conference Monday announcing the order.
Rhode Island, one of the original 13 colonies, traces its history back to Providence Plantations, founded by Roger Williams in 1636. Though it was the first colony to abolish slavery, in 1652, historians argue that there is little evidence that the law was ever enforcedbefore slavery was abolished nationwide.
Though the word plantation can refer to a settlement or a large group of cultivated plants or trees, the governor and others in support of the change say that the connotations of slavery were unavoidable.
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