“Which said piece of land contains about four acres, and became the property of us, said Moses and John Brown, by a deed of bargain and sale from …the present grantor’s great-grandfather, who received it by descent from his father Chad Brown, who was one of the original proprietors after the native Indians of whom it was purchased….”
-The Charter of Brown University, 1765
At the moment of Brown’s founding, the history of colonial violence and forced displacement of the Narragansett Native Americans was forgotten by the University. Continue reading