Moses Brown
| Region | Occupation | Born | Died |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America, New England | Businessman | 1738 | 1836 |
One the Providence-born principals with his three brothers in Nicholas Brown & Company. Participant in the financing of slavetrading ventures in the 1750s and 1760s, but later became actively opposed to slavery and the slave trade.
Sources
Robert A. McCaughey Browns of Providence Plantations; Colonial Years (1952)Images
Public Domain Source
Related People
Obadiah BrownNicholas Brown
John Brown
James Brown
Joseph Brown
Related Ships
Wheel of Fortune (1759)Sally (1764)
External Additional Sources
http://cds.library.brown.edu/projects/sally/Compiler
Peter Richards