The Root: The Smallest State Should Shorten Its Name

A debate is raging in Rhode Island over the state's full name, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Some support dropping 'plantations' to mark a clear break with the history of slavery that it invokes, others call that a glossing over of the state's dark past. Michael E. Ross of The Root argues that shortening the name would make a definitive statement that the state is ready to put its history behind it.

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