# Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
## English
### Etymology

From Rhode Island +‎ and +‎ Providence Plantations. Coined by English Baptist theologian and author Roger Williams.

### Pronunciation

* like Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

### Proper noun

Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
* Former official name of Rhode Island
** 1739, John Callender, An Historical Discourse on the Civil and Religious Affairs of the Colony of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations in New-England in America.‎, →OCLC, page 46: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.
** 1842, “Article Eighth. Of the Executive Power.”, in Constitution of the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations‎, Providence, RI: Knowles & Vose, →OCLC, page 14: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.
** 1971, Carl R. Woodward, Plantation in Yankeeland: The Story of Cocumscussoc, Mirror of Colonial Rhode Island‎, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page vii: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.
** 1972, Robert N. Webb, The Colony of Rhode Island‎, New York: Franklin Watts, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 51: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.
** 2010, Rod L. Evans, Sorry, Wrong Answer‎, Bristol Park Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 55, 61:17. 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.
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

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### References

* ↑ Becky Little (2020 June 29) “Slavery Persisted in New England Until Well Into the 19th Century”, in History‎, retrieved 2022-02-24: “Colonist Roger Williams coined Rhode Island’s longer name [Rhode Island and Providence Plantations] in the 17th century, at a time when the word “plantation” referred to a new settlement.”

### Further reading

* “Rhode Island and Providence Plantations”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
* “Rhode Island and Providence Plantations”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
* “Rhode Island and Providence Plantations” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.