John Brown successfully steered a bill through the U.S. Congress declaring Bristol a separate customs district to prevent the U.S. customs inspector in Newport from enforcing federal anti-slave trade laws.

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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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• John Brown entity
• Bristol location
• Newport location