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Clara Brown
1800–1885
United States
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Clara Brown (January 1, 1800 – October 23, 1885) 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".
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