John Brown, a slave trader and treasurer of the College of Rhode Island, argued that trafficking enslaved people was 'right, just and lawful,' comparing the act of bringing a cargo of slaves to bringing a cargo of jackasses.

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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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• College of Rhode Island entity
• John Brown entity
• slave trade concept