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, John, 1736-1803.
• Merchants--Rhode Island--Providence--Biography.
• Slave trade--Rhode Island--Providence--History.
• Slavery--Rhode Island--Providence--History.
• Slavery.
• History.
• Slave trade.
• Merchants.
• Providence (R.I.)--Biography.
• 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

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