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Sons of Providence : the Brown brothers, the slave trade, and the American Revolution / Charles Rappleye.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rappleye, Charles.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brown, Moses, 1738-1836.
- Brown, Moses.
- Brown, John, 1736-1803.
- Brown, John.
- Merchants--Rhode Island--Providence--Biography.
- Merchants.
- Slave trade--Rhode Island--Providence--History.
- Slave trade.
- Slavery--Rhode Island--Providence--History.
- Slavery.
- History.
- Providence (R.I.)--Biography.
- Providence (R.I.).
- Rhode Island--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
- Rhode Island.
- Providence (R.I.)--History--18th century.
- Brown family.
- Rhode Island--Providence.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 400 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Simon & Schuster, [2006]
- Summary:
- From the author of "American Mafioso" comes the story of the Brown brothers, leading slave merchants of Providence, Rhode Island, during the time of the American Revolution.
- Contents:
- 1 James Brown Puts Out to Sea 5
- 2 Brown Brothers Inc. 29
- 3 The Sally 53
- 4 Success 75
- 5 The Gaspee 102
- 6 Anna 127
- 7 Capture and Release 150
- Liberty, 1775 169
- 8 Moses at War 174
- 9 John at War 195
- Liberty, 1782 215
- 10 Equal Rights 223
- 11 The Society 250
- 12 The New Republic 272
- 13 Moses Goes to Congress 294
- 14 Prosecutions 301
- 15 John Goes to Congress 313
- 16 Legacies 332.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [347]-377) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0743266870
- OCLC:
- 64336288
- Publisher Number:
- 9780743266871
- Online:
- Publisher description
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