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Providence Plantations. Providence Plantation was a colonial plantation that was the first permanent European American settlement in present-day Rhode Island. It was established at Providence in 1636 by English clergyman Roger Williams and a small band of followers who had left the oppressive atmosphere of the Massachusetts Bay Colony to seek freedom of worship.
Rhode Island. Rhode Island's official name is the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. It comes from the names of the colony's two most important original settlements. Providence Plantations was founded in 1636 by the English clergyman Roger Williams. He sought a place where one could worship God freely.