John Brown became the first Rhode Islander and the first American prosecuted in federal court for illegal slave trading, following a prosecution brought by the Providence Abolition Society.

Authors

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

Sources

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

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• Rhode Island location
• John Brown entity
• Providence Abolition Society entity