Nicholas Brown Sr.
Nicholas Brown Sr. ( July 26, 1729 - May 29, 1791 ) was a trader from Providence, Rhode Island . He was co-founder of the College in the English Colony of Rhode Iceland and Providence Plantations , later in honor of his son Nicholas Brown Jr. in Brown University has been renamed.
Life
Nicholas Brown was the son of James Brown II . This was himself a descendant of Chad Brown , a co-founder of Rhode Island . In 1764 Nicholas Brown founded (among others, together with his brothers Moses and John Brown) what would later become Brown University.
He was also a well-known slave trader who got rich with the Atlantic Triangle Trade .
Web links
- Encyclopedia Brunoniana
- Brown University Charter
- Hidden in Plain Sight: Slavery and Justice in Rhode Island - an address by Brown President Ruth J. Simmons at St. John's College, Cambridge University on the occasion of the bicentenary of the Act of Parliament abolishing the British slave trade
- Report of the Brown University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brown, Nicholas senior |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American dealer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 26, 1729 |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 29, 1791 |