| 词条 | Owen Brown (abolitionist, born 1771) |
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|name = Owen Brown |image = Owen Brown.jpg |birth_date = February 16th, 1771 |birth_place = Torrington, Connecticut, British America |death_date = May 8th, 1856 (aged 85) |death_place = Hudson, Ohio, U.S. |resting_place = Old Hudson Township Burying Ground | resting_place_coordinates = {{Coord|41.24530|-81.43920|type:landmark|display=inline}} |residence = Hudson, Ohio, U.S. |nationality = American |other_names = Squire Brown |spouse = Ruth Mills (1793–1808) Sally Root (1809–1840) Lucy Hinsdale (1841–1865) |children = John Brown |footnotes = }} Owen Brown (February 16, 1771–May 8, 1856), father of abolitionist John Brown, was a wealthy cattle breeder and land speculator who operated a successful tannery in Hudson, Ohio. He was also a stout and outspoken abolitionist and civil servant. Brown was a founder of multiple institutions including the Western Reserve Anti-Slavery Society, Western Reserve College, and the Free Congressional Church. Brown gave speeches advocating the immediate abolition of slavery and facilitated the Underground Railroad. Early life and educationOne of 10 children, Owen Brown was born on February 16, 1771 to Revolutionary War Lieutenant John Brown and Hanna Owen Brown, in Torrington, Connecticut. A lifetime admirer of the Founding Fathers, Owen's first memory was of the departure of his father's militia company to engage the British in New York during the summer of 1776.[1] Later lifeA wealthy tanner, cattle breeder, and land speculator, Brown was a dedicated civil servant and was integral to the early growth of Hudson, Ohio.[2] Famed for his resourcefulness and energy, he was known locally as Squire Brown.[3] Brown served in a multitude of positions in the community including County Commissioner and Justice of the Peace.[4] Owen was deeply rooted in the abolitionist movement. He was personal friends with leaders such as Frederick Douglass who often stayed with the Brown family when he was lecturing in the area.[5] Owen, in collaboration with David Hudson was integral in establishing one of the earliest way stations along the Underground Railroad and personally arranged passage into Canada for many escaped slaves.[6][7] CollegesOwen was a founding trustee of Western Reserve College and is credited for securing its location in Hudson as well as overseeing the construction of its first building.[8][9][10][11] During Brown's tenure (1825-1835), Western Reserve College became known as a hotbed of abolitionist ideals.[12] After the death of the institution's first president, Charles Backus Storrs, in 1833 the university elected a more conservative president, George E. Pierce in an attempt to distance itself from the politics of slavery.[13][14] In 1835 Brown resigned his position and joined a large contingency of faculty, staff, and students of Western Reserve College who moved to Oberlin Collegiate Institute (now Oberlin College) in Oberlin, Ohio, where he served as trustee from 1835 to 1844. Brown and others were successful in making Oberlin the first institution of higher learning to admit women and black students. Owen's own daughter, Florella Brown, studied at Oberlin from 1835-1839, where she met her husband, Samuel Lyle Adair. [15] Death and burialBrown died in Hudson on May 8, 1856.[16] He was buried at Old Hudson Township Burying Ground in Hudson.{{sfn|"Biographical Details, Owen Brown"}} See also
References1. ^Carlton, 22 2. ^Carlton, 23 3. ^Carlton, 23 4. ^Carlton, 23 5. ^Carlton 145 6. ^Carlton 145 7. ^Carlton 30 8. ^Carlton, 23 9. ^Carlton, 73 10. ^Cutler, 13 11. ^Du Bois, 66 12. ^Carlton, 73 13. ^Carlton, 73 14. ^Cutler, 26 15. ^{{cite web |author=Clayton, John Edward |title=An Antislavery Mission: Oberlin College Evangelicals in 'Bleeding Kansas' |date=26 Apr 1990 |accessdate=17 Feb 2019 |url=https://etd.ohiolink.edu/!etd.send_file?accession=oberlin1373988097&disposition=inline |publisher=Oberlin College}} 16. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.hudsonlibrary.org/historical-society/family-of-owen-brown/ |title=Biographical Details, Owen Brown |website=Family of Owen Brown |publisher=Hudson Library and Historical Society |location=Hudson, OH |access-date=June 20, 2018 |ref={{sfnRef|"Biographical Details, Owen Brown"}}}} Bibliography
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