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William Henry Brown


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(fl. 1820s)

African-American playwright and manager. Brown was a retired ship's steward from the West Indies who founded a pleasure garden for free blacks in New York in 1816. Called ...

Subjects: Performing arts — Theatre

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Brown, William Henry
in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance Length: 109 words
Brown, William Henry
in The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance Length: 111 words

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