Lawrence Bernard Brown (September 12, 1856 – June 16, 1941) was a self-made businessman, community leader, and master carpenter.
Biography
Brown was born in
Wacahoota, Florida the sixth of seven children by Peter (a "plantation minister") and Catherine Brown.
Brown along with the rest of his family lived as enslaved peoples until
slavery
Slavery and enslavement are both the state and the condition of being a slave—someone forbidden to quit one's service for an enslaver, and who is treated by the enslaver as property. Slavery typically involves slaves being made to perf ...
was abolished by the
Thirteenth Amendment in 1865.
He died in
Bartow, Florida
Bartow ( ) is the county seat of Polk County, Florida, United States. Founded in 1851 as Fort Blount, the city was renamed in honor of Francis S. Bartow, the first brigade commander of the Confederate Army to die in combat during the American C ...
in 1941.
See also
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Lawrence Brown House
References
External links
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1856 births
1941 deaths
People from Alachua County, Florida