Rhode Island Gov. Raimondo issues executive order stripping the word 'plantation' from official state documents and symbols, including the state seal.
But the more recognized secondary interpretation of"plantation," as an"an agricultural estate usually worked by resident labor," has more disturbing overtones.
Raimondo is a Democrat, and Rhode Island GOP chairwoman Sue Cienki said the governor has to go to voters to change the state's formal name and seal.
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