Last, but not least we shall look at Brown university located in Providence, Rhode Island. Perhaps more closely related to the slave trade than any other, Browns funding and building were mostly all built and funded by slave labor. Esek Hopkins a prominent Rhode Islander and first Commander in chief of the US Navy during the revolution was one of the very first champions of the university. His wealth after the war was made up largely in part by his captaining of the slave ship named the Sally. He sailed on many journeys to the West Indies and hauled countless slaves to the US mainland. He was one of the very first donors to Brown university and his business partners in the slave trade further helped in the acquisition of land and the relocation
