Moses Brown
Moses Brown | |
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| Born | August 23, 1738 |
| Died | September 6, 1836 (aged 97) Providence, Rhode Island |
| Spouse(s) | Anna Brown (m. 1764 – d. 1773) Mary Olney (m. 1779 – d. 1798) Phoebe Lockwood (m. 1799 – d. 1808) |
| Children | Sarah Brown Obadiah Brown |
| Relatives | Chad Brown, ancestor Nicholas Brown, brother John Brown, brother Joseph Brown, brother John Brown Francis, grandnephew |
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Moses Brown (September 23, 1738 – September 6, 1836) was an American abolitionist, Quaker, and industrialist from what became known as Rhode Island. With his three brothers, he co-founded what became Brown University. Later he supported the founding and revival of the Moses Brown School.
As an industrialist, he supported the development, design and construction of some of the first factories for spinning machines during the American industrial revolution. This included the Slater Mill, which was the first modern factory in America. While he was an abolitionist since before the Revolution, the New England textile industry was dependent on cotton produced by enslaved African Americans in the Deep South. He did help gain anti-slave trade legislation in Rhode Island and later in Congress.