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Voters to get say in dropping 'plantations' from R.I.'s name - Black News Channel

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Voters will get another chance to strip the words 'and Providence Plantations' from Rhode Island's formal name after lawmakers approved a joint resolution to put the question on the November ballot. Although the word 'plantations' in Rhode Island's name does not specifically refer to a place where slaves labored, it elicits such imagery, say sponsors of the bill approved Thursday. 'The images that come to mind when I hear the word 'plantations' are the inhuman and degrading treatment of the African Americans who came before me, families ripped apart by slave sales, rapes, castrations and lynchings. […]

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