Moses Brown

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Moses Brown was an American Quaker abolitionist, industrialist, and philanthropist who co-founded the early textile industry in Rhode Island and helped establish Brown University.

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Moses Brown canonical 5

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instanceOf American ⓘ
Quaker ⓘ
abolitionist ⓘ
human ⓘ
advocatedFor education ⓘ
emancipation of enslaved people ⓘ
associatedWith Pawtucket, Rhode Island ⓘ
linked to: Pawtucket

Providence, Rhode Island ⓘ
birthDate 1738-09-23 ⓘ
birthPlace Providence, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ⓘ
coFounded Slater Mill ⓘ
the early textile industry in Pawtucket, Rhode Island ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1836-09-06 ⓘ
deathPlace Providence, Rhode Island, United States ⓘ
donatedTo Brown University ⓘ
educatedAt informal education in Providence, Rhode Island ⓘ
employer Brown family mercantile enterprises ⓘ
familyName Brown ⓘ
fullName Moses Brown ⓘ
givenName Moses ⓘ
hasHeritage English-American ⓘ
helpedEstablish Brown University ⓘ
influenced development of the American textile industry ⓘ
knownFor American Quaker abolitionist activities ⓘ
philanthropy in education ⓘ
pioneering textile manufacturing in New England ⓘ
legacy namesake of Moses Brown School in Providence, Rhode Island ⓘ
memberOf Brown family of Providence ⓘ
movement abolitionism ⓘ
notableWork co-founding the early textile industry in Rhode Island ⓘ
support for the establishment of Brown University ⓘ
occupation abolitionist ⓘ
industrialist ⓘ
merchant ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
opposed slavery ⓘ
partneredWith Samuel Slater ⓘ
relative Nicholas Brown Jr. ⓘ
religion Religious Society of Friends ⓘ
religiousConversion converted to Quakerism as an adult ⓘ
residence Providence, Rhode Island ⓘ
sibling John Brown ⓘ
Joseph Brown ⓘ
Nicholas Brown Sr. ⓘ

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