Meaning of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations | Babel Free

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Former official name of Rhode Island

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“In 1663 July 8. Charles 2d. granted an ample Charter, whereby the Province was made "a Body Corporate and Politick, in Fact & Name, by the Name of the Governour and Company of the Engliſh Colony of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations in New-England in America." This Charter we enjoy to this Day, thro' the merciful Providence of GOD.”

“Sec. 9. All commissions shall be in the name and by authority of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ; shall be sealed with the State seal, signed by the Governor and attested by the Secretary.”

“Of the several distinctive features which made the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations different from its contemporaries, one of the most unique was the system of large plantations in the fertile Narragansett country that flourished during the pre-Revolutionary period, but were destined for decline in the years following.”

“Slavery in the United States has been almost completely associated with the South. Yet, it was a northern colony — the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations — that dominated the slave trade in the mid-eighteenth century.”

“17. What is the official name of America's state that is the smallest in area?[...] 17. The U.S. state that is the smallest in area is called Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Ironically, the smallest state has the largest official name.”

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