Reverend Abel Brown

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Town of Sand Lake, New York

Abel Brown Challenges Slavery: Copied from the North Country Underground Historical Association. Unfortunately, few portraits or images exist of Abel Brown.
Abel Brown Challenges Slavery

Copied from the North Country Underground Historical Association. Unfortunately, few portraits or images exist of Abel Brown.

Name/Title

Reverend Abel Brown

Entry/Object ID

2021.3.133

Scope and Content

Collection of research related to the brief, but eventful, service of noted abolitionist Reverend Abel Brown as the pastor of the Sand Lake Baptist Church in the Town of Sand Lake, NY, from 1841 to 1842. Reverend Brown is credited with helping over 1,000 enslaved men, women and children escape to freedom before he died at the youthful age of 34 years old. Reverend Brown was also the founder and corresponding secretary of the Eastern New York Anti-Slavery Society and traveled widely, publicly preaching the message of abolition, in spite of personally suffering the severe verbal, legal, and physical abuse that his efforts frequently generated. Refer to the Weblinks portion of this entry for an excellent overview of Reverend Brown's contributions by SLHS member and Brown scholar Mr. Peter Finn.

Cataloged By

Michael Frederick Perry

Acquisition

Accession

2021.3

Web Links and URLs

Abel Brown SLHS Presentation NOTE: Max sound volume and skip ahead until the program starts, SLHS, Peter Finn, Abel Brown Presentation Slides

Created By

curator@slhstrustees.org

Create Date

March 3, 2022

Updated By

curator@slhstrustees.org

Update Date

March 4, 2022