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Lawrence Bernard Brown (September 12, 1856 – June 16, 1941) was a self-made businessman, community leader, and master carpenter.

Brown was born in Wacahoota, Florida, the sixth of seven children of Peter (a "plantation minister") and Catherine Brown. Brown along with the rest of his family lived as enslaved peoples until slavery was abolished by the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865.

He died in Bartow, Florida in 1941.

• Lawrence Brown House

• Official website

Category:1856 births Category:1941 deaths Category:People from Alachua County, Florida