Title Sons of Providence : the Brown brothers, the slave trade, and the American Revolution / Charles Rappleye.

Publication Info.	New York : Simon & Schuster, [2006]
	©2006

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	F89.P953 A2 2006	Available	---

Description	400 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-377) and index.
Contents	James Brown puts out to sea -- Brown Brothers Inc. -- The Sally -- Success -- The Gaspee -- Anna -- Capture and release -- Liberty, 1775 -- Moses at war -- John at war -- Liberty, 1782 -- Equal rights -- The society -- The new republic -- Moses goes to congress -- Prosecutions -- John goes to congress -- Legacies.
Subject	Brown, Moses, 1738-1836.
	Brown, Moses, 1738-1836.
	Brown, John, 1736-1803.
	Brown, John, 1736-1803.
	Merchants -- Rhode Island -- Providence -- Biography.
	Merchants.
	Rhode Island -- Providence.
Genre/Form	Biographies.
Subject	Slave trade -- Rhode Island -- Providence -- History.
	Slave trade.
	History.
	Slavery -- Rhode Island -- Providence -- History.
	Slavery.
	Providence (R.I.) -- Biography.
	Rhode Island -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
	Providence (R.I.) -- History -- 18th century.
	Brown family.
	Brown family.
Genre/Form	Biographies.
ISBN	0743266870
	9780743266871