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	<title>The Living Consequences &#187; Newport</title>
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		<title>&#8220;‘Plantations’ in state’s name is offensive remnant of slavery trade&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 23:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve previously blogged about the grassroots effort in Rhode Island to change the state&#8217;s name. In short, this movement seeks to remove the words &#8220;Providence Plantations&#8221; on the ground that the word &#8220;plantation&#8221; is now too intertwined with slavery. There is a letter to the editor in today&#8217;s edition of the Newport (R.I.) Daily News [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brown University to erect slave trade memorial</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brown University announced plans yesterday to build a memorial to commemorate Brown&#8217;s historic connections to the slave trade, possibly in Bristol or neighboring Newport, Rhode Island. The announcement was made by the university&#8217;s Commission on Memorials, and is part of Brown&#8217;s effort to implement the recommendations of a 2006 report by the Steering Committee on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changing the name of Rhode Island</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is an active movement within Rhode Island to amend the state constitution to change the official name of the state, &#8220;The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.&#8221; This change would remove &#8220;Providence Plantations&#8221; from the name of the state, on the grounds that the word &#8220;plantations&#8221; now has an historic association with chattel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Panel on slavery and the slave trade</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, I&#8217;ll be in Newport, R.I. to participate in a panel discussion on &#8220;The History of Slavery and the Slave Trade in Rhode Island.&#8221; I&#8217;ll be speaking about the Rhode Island slave trade and the example of the D&#8217;Wolf family of Bristol, R.I., who were the nation&#8217;s leading slave traders. My fellow panelists will be [...]]]></description>
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