Brown Square is a small green space in downtown Newburyport, Massachusetts.
It is named for New England merchant, Moses Brown (1742–1827), who lived in Brown Square House adjacent to the square. There were several anti-slavery gatherings in the square. The square has a memorial statue to William Lloyd Garrison.
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Famous quotes containing the words brown and/or square:
“The old brown hen and the old blue sky,
Between the two we live and die
The broken cartwheel on the hill.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“Houses haunt me.
That last house!
How it sat like a square box!”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)