Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Rhode Island” in chapter 32 of Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 18.:

...y other necessity for it. The confederation was formed to create a perpetual Union. When it was found inefficient, eleven States seceded and formed the Union under the Constitution of 1787, leaving Rhode Island and North Carolina, who refused to secede, alone to constitute the perpetual Union of 1777. Instead of remaining in the perpetual Union and waging war on the seceding States they wisely united them...
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Entity Corpus Doc Corpus Doc  
Rhode Island (Rhode Island, United States) 3,308 4 0 0 0 user votes
Rhode Island (California, United States) 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Rhode Island (New York, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Rhode Island (Texas, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes

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