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Another progressive feature of the new constitution was that it outlawed slavery in Rhode Island. (Article 1, Section 4.) This provision, however, was largely symbolic as the 1840 census listed only five enslaved persons in Rhode Island. Rhode Island held constitutional conventions in 1944, 1951, 1955, 1958, 1964–69, and 1973. [6]
The handful of federalist supporters in Rhode Island were chiefly among the mercantile classes of Providence and Newport. [3] Nearly a dozen conventions that had been called in Rhode Island to ratify the constitution failed to do so, often by wide margins; in one instance, 92 percent of the delegates voted against ratification.
Let’s rewrite Rhode Island’s Constitution to ensure it is a living document that represents our needs, not those of our ancestors. This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: ...
From 1663 until 1842, Rhode Island's governing state constitution was its original colonial charter granted by King Charles II of England, a political anomaly considering that while most states during the War of Independence and afterwards wrote scores of new constitutions with their newly found independence in mind, Rhode Island instead ...
The Rhode Island Constitution's entire first article is a declaration of "certain constitutional rights and principles." Rhode Islanders should have a bevy of rights , per the state constitution ...
The framers of Rhode Island’s 1973 Constitution favored the periodic convention referendum over the initiative partly because it incorporates enhanced public deliberation when making ...
The government of the state of Rhode Island is prescribed from a multitude of sources; the main sources are the Rhode Island Constitution, the General Laws, and executive orders. The governmental structure is modeled on the Government of the United States in having three branches: executive , legislative , and judicial .
Rhode Island (/ ˌ r oʊ d-/ ⓘ, pronounced "road") [6] [7] is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound; and shares a small maritime border with New York, east of Long Island. [8]