Notebook: Rhode Island
200 views · Published 17 July 2009 · 1:02 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: CBS News · 2009 · News & Politics
There's a growing movement to shorten the name of our smallest state. Its official name is "Rhode Island and Providence Plantations," which some say invokes the state's role in the slave trade.
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