Rev. Francis Wayland, who served as president of Brown University from 1827 to 1855, encouraged students to grapple with the moral and political issues raised by the abolition controversy, despite the university not formally supporting the abolitionist movement.

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  Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Brown University

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