Clara Brown
✓ Source-basedfallingAmerican formerly enslaved person, community leader, philanthropist (1800-1885)
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Clara Brown was a former enslaved woman from Virginia and Kentucky who became a community leader and philanthropist. She helped formerly enslaved people become settled during Colorado's Gold Rush.
Also inDeutsch
Photos 6
A wagon train
Denver, Colorado in 1859.
Cropped detail of stereoscope: Central City, Colorado Territory, by W. G. Chamberlain (William Gunnison)
Central City Opera House, a chair memorializes Clara Brown. An opera about her life story, Gabriel's Daughter, was presented in 2003
Panorama of Denver, Colorado, 1898Awards 2
Connected to Clara 6
Julie KroneAlso won National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame
Elise M. BouldingAlso won Colorado Women's Hall of Fame
Narcissa WhitmanAlso won National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame
Emily Howell WarnerAlso won Colorado Women's Hall of Fame
Esther Hobart MorrisAlso won National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame
Kristina M. JohnsonAlso won Colorado Women's Hall of FameAbout this person
Clara Brown was a former enslaved woman from Virginia and Kentucky who became a community leader and philanthropist. She helped formerly enslaved people become settled during Colorado's Gold Rush. She was known as the "Angel of the Rockies" and made her mark as "Colorado's first black settler and a prosperous entrepreneur".
Country
United StatesCategory
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1803 to 1885 · aged 82
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