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This article by Sylvia Brown distinguishing her family(Nickolas Brown) from the John Brown,
(the slaver)family is very interesting.It also gives a history of Brown U. Her story is completely
different than the the story that has been promoted in the main stream media.According to
this Sylvia Brown--John Brown(the slaver) had little to do with Brown U.
Click on the following post and read for yourself--n-sylvi...
2 days ago - Most articles mention "slave traders that included the prominent Brown ... My Turn
My Turn: Sylvia Brown: The truth about the ... - News Break
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Most articles mention "slave traders that included the prominent Brown and DeWolf ... My Turn: Sylvia Brown: The truth about the Brown family and slavery.
Slavery and the Brown family: an alternative history
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Apr 27, 2006 - Though the slavery and justice committee has researched the Brown brothers' ties to the slave trade, Sylvia Brown hopes her account will ...
The White Sheep of the Brown Family - Philanthropy Roundtable
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In 2004, a woman named Sylvia went to a symposium hosted by Brown University's Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice. Sitting in the audience, she ...
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When Sylvia Brown’s father handed much of his inheritance to Brown University in 1995, the gesture maintained a 300-year family philanthropic tradition. Less than a decade later, the University launched its Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice at whose inaugural symposium one speaker declared “there were no good Browns.” Grappling With Legacy was born of the juxtaposition between these starkly opposed perspectives.
Sylvia has delved into one of the country’s largest family archives to understand what fuels a multi-generational compulsion to giving: Self-interest? A feeling of guilt? A sense of genuine altruism? The Brown family mirrors America’s evolving urge to do good — from colonial era charity, to reformist initiatives in the Early Republic, to the philanthropy of the Gilded Age, to social impact investing today.
Set against the distinctive backdrop of Rhode Island, this rich family saga provides a fresh perspective on a frequently overlooked era surprisingly akin to the present day, characterized by economic dislocation, partisan politics, and growing social disparities. Out of this age of unrest emerged America’s philanthropic impulse, which has become such an intrinsic part of our national ethos.
Sylvia’s tale is anchored around Nicholas Brown II (1769-1841), an emotionally complex individual who lived during a fascinating but troubled era when the new nation was defining itself. In him, we find the timeless tensions between a yearning for order and a concern for those less fortunate; between resistance to changing times and radical ideas for improving society; between authoritarian parents and defiant children. Distressed by the turmoil of the times, he poured his wealth into institutions intended to provide society with a moral compass. Above all, he pioneered the modern notion of a university as a force for good.
(The question arises that who committed the most grievous historical sin-the black leaders in Africa that sold their fellow black slaves to the white slave ship captains or the
white slave ship captains who bought the black slaves from their black slave masters.That is the question that should be debated.)
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