Brown University did not own any slaves. -Robert Emlen

 

Brown University did not own any slaves.


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I have this mental picture of free guys and slave guys working side by side, along with these Irish guys who are shoveling sand and lugging lumber up to the fourth floor - and everybody sitting down having coffee. It just is almost unbelievable for us to picture, but that's the kind of inference you get from these records.

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You could go either way with it - maybe it was her 12-year-old kid who was just carrying water upstairs for the guys to drink.

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(University Hall) is the same size and shape, and the exterior has not been substantially altered, but it was always being changed over the years.

Robert Emlen

Brown University did not own any slaves.

Robert Emlen