An anonymous critic warned Moses Brown that a Newport merchant would not easily abandon the lucrative slave trade for the slow profits of a manufactory, stating: “An Ethiopian could as soon change his skin as a Newport merchant could be induced to change so lucrative a trade … for the slow profits of any manufactory.”

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• Person: Not available Organization: Brown University
  Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Brown University

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• Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Brown University slaveryandjusticereport.brown.edu Brown University via serper

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• slave trade concept
• Moses Brown entity
• Newport location