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William Washington Browne (1849–1897) [1]

William Washingon Browne, from `Negro Stars in All Ages of the World` by W. H. Quick, L. L. B. Browne was a champion of empancipation and joined the Union Army in 1862 when the Army seized Memphis, Tennessee.  Browne was an outspoken critic of the Ku Klux Klan, and avid Temperance activist and was a Methodist minister of the Leigh Street Methodist Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia. The only possible Charlotte connection may have been with the Temperance organization the United Order of True Reformers. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Copyright Details: 
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Donated By: 
Daniels
Object Year: 
1890
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No
Exhibit & Section: 
Robinson-Spangler North Carolina Room Image Collection [2]
African American [3]
Tags: 
William Washington Browne [4]
Military [5]
People [6]
City and Town Life [7]
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No
Image Collection Category: 
African American [8]
Image Collection Format: 
Black and White [9]

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