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Nicholas Brown Jr. (April 4, 1769 – September 27, 1841) was an American businessman and philanthropist from Providence, Rhode Island, and the namesake of Brown University.
Nicholas Brown Sr. (July 26, 1729 – May 29, 1791) was an American slave trader and merchant who was a co-signer of the founding charter of the College of Rhode Island in 1763. In 1771, Nicholas Brown Sr. was instrumental in convincing Baptist authorities to locate a permanent home for the college in his hometown of Providence.
5 de jul. de 2020 · Forty years after its founding, the college was renamed Brown University to honor Nicholas Brown Jr., an ardent opponent of the slave trade. Yes, he was a successful merchant in an economy...
Nicholas Brown, Jr. pushed the project along in 1839 after writing a letter in which he presented two lots of land – one on Waterman Street for the president’s house (for which he pledged seven thousand dollars) and another on George Street known as the Hopkins estate for “another College edifice” (for which he pledged three thousand ...
Nicholas Brown, un traficante de esclavos, su hijo Nicholas Brown jr.. (clase de 1786), John Brown, Joseph Brown, y Moses Brown fueron fundamentales en el traslado de la universidad a la Providencia y el establecimiento de su dotación.
Nicholas Brown, Jr. was the son of Nicholas Brown, Sr., a merchant and co-founder of Brown University (which was then called College of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations). He was the nephew of John Brown and Moses Brown and a descendant of the renowned English pilgrim and Baptist minister Chad Brown.
Among the vice presidents of the Anti-Abolition Society was Nicholas Brown Jr., the University’s namesake and a member, forty years before, of the Providence Abolition Society. Most colleges took a more conservative approach.
