and it is not even an island.
Isn’t there an island in a bay in the state of Rhode Island with the island named Rhode Island? I thought the state got its name from that island, while the Providence Plantations referred to the mainland. At least that’s my recollection of history. Anybody who knows better should educate all of us.
I heard that officials of Brown University have their panties in a twist over the role of their founders in the slave trade. Brown is in Providence, Rhode Island.
actually the name comes from the merger of two colonial settlements: Providence Plantations and Rhode Island (Aquidneck Island)
Well..actually it is. Rhode Island is Aquidneck Island which is really an island. The Providence Plantations are the surrounding lands that are not an island. I don’t know what the other islands are supposed to be.