Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

In 1663 July 8. Charles 2d. granted an ample Charter, whereby the Province was made "a Body Corporate and Politick, in Fact & Name, by the Name of the Governour and Company of the Engliſh Colony of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations in New-England in America." This Charter we enjoy to this Day, thro' the merciful Providence of GOD.

1739, John Callender, An Historical Discourse on the Civil and Religious Affairs of the Colony of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations in New-England in America., →OCLC, page 46

Of the several distinctive features which made the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations different from its contemporaries, one of the most unique was the system of large plantations in the fertile Narragansett country that flourished during the pre-Revolutionary period, but were destined for decline in the years following.

1971, Carl R. Woodward, Plantation in Yankeeland: The Story of Cocumscussoc, Mirror of Colonial Rhode Island, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page vii

Slavery in the United States has been almost completely associated with the South. Yet, it was a northern colony — the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations — that dominated the slave trade in the mid-eighteenth century.

1972, Robert N. Webb, The Colony of Rhode Island, New York: Franklin Watts, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 51

17. What is the official name of America's state that is the smallest in area?[...] 17. The U.S. state that is the smallest in area is called Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Ironically, the smallest state has the largest official name.

2010, Rod L. Evans, Sorry, Wrong Answer, Bristol Park Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 55, 61