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Rappleye, Charles.

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

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New York : Simon & Schuster, c2006.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 3rd Floor Stacks	326.80922 R182s 2006	---	Available
Axe Special Collections Whitehead	326.80922 R182s 2006 c.2	---	Lib Use Only

Description	400 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. [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, John, 1736-1803.
	Merchants -- Rhode Island -- Providence -- Biography.
	Slave trade -- Rhode Island -- Providence -- History.
	Slavery -- Rhode Island -- Providence -- History.
	Providence (R.I.) -- Biography.
	Rhode Island -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
	Providence (R.I.) -- History -- 18th century.
	Brown family.
ISBN	0743266870
	9780743266871
Standard No.	YDXCP 2246036
	NLGGC 292293925
	NZ1 10700256