A seal of the State of Rhode Island that was embedded in a walkway ... version of the emblem that included the words "and Providence Plantations." It will eventually be replaced.

After years of oppressive British policies which stifled commerce in Narragansett Bay and surrounding communities, the Colony of R.I. and Providence Plantations renounced allegiance to the Crown on ...

Providence Plantations and Rhode Island. Providence Plantations was the name of the colony founded by Roger Williams in the area now known as the City of Providence. Rhode Island was the area now ...