Statement from Treasurer Magaziner about the State's Name
June 22, 2020: Rhode Island General Treasurer Seth Magazine today made the following announcement about his office's use of the state's name:
"Today, I am announcing that the Office of the General Treasurer will remove the words 'and Providence Plantations' from the state's checks. We will also remove those words from our letterhead, citations, and other Office correspondence.
For African-Americans and other People of Color, ‘plantations’ are synonymous with centuries of race-based slavery and violence. In my discussions with African-American leaders in recent weeks, they have explained the chilling feeling they have when seeing the word 'plantations' on Rhode Island government letters, citations, and checks..."
You can read Treasurer Magaziner's complete statement here.
