John Brown, the older brother of Moses Brown, was a vocal defender of the slave trade and led the opposition to the anti-slave trade bill in the Rhode Island legislature in 1784.

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  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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