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To: fortes fortuna juvat

When are they going to change the name of Brown University? The Brown family was involved in the slave trade. (Rhode Island had the highest proportion of slaves of any New England state and its merchants were heavily involved in the slave trade.)


75 posted on 12/17/2025 12:42:38 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

When are they going to change the name of Brown University? The Brown family was involved in the slave trade. (Rhode Island had the highest proportion of slaves of any New England state and its merchants were heavily involved in the slave trade.)
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Thanks for posting this information. People need to know the extent to which New Englanders were involved in the slave trade.


81 posted on 12/17/2025 5:14:54 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (I decided in 2008 that I'd rather be an American than a Democrat! "Deus Hoc Vult!")
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