Date Original
1989
Description
This collection contains an article on Reverend Fountain Brown, which was submitted to the Arkansas Historical Quarterly, and written by Howard C. Westwood.
Biographical/Historical Note
Reverend Fountain Brown was a preacher and elder of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His was the first conviction for violating the Emancipation Proclamation that went to the President for review. He allegedly sold Blacks he had owned before the Proclamation back into slavery. Brown, once a resident of Tennessee, had come to Arkansas to spread the gospel a few years before its 1836 statehood. He had settled in the village of Flat Bayou near Pine Bluff.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Arkansas
Language
English
Identifier
SMC.071.029
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Reverend Fountain Brown article, SMC.071.029
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Reverend Fountain Brown article, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
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Disciplines
United States History
