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	<title>The Living Consequences &#187; Providence Plantations</title>
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		<title>R.I. to vote on changing state&#8217;s name</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve written before about the movement in Rhode Island to remove the words &#8220;Providence Plantations&#8221; from the state&#8217;s name. Supporters argue that these words constitute an offensive reminder of the state&#8217;s, and the nation&#8217;s, history of slavery.
Last night, the R.I. state legislature approved the constitutional amendment which would change the state&#8217;s name. The measure will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;‘Plantations’ in state’s name is offensive remnant of slavery trade&#8221;</title>
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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 arguing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changing the name of Rhode Island</title>
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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 slavery [...]]]></description>
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