Webclara brown was a pioneer, a community leader, a philanthropist, and the first african american woman to live in denver, colorado.
Webclara worked as a domestic servant until 1856 when her “owner” at the time, george brown, died.
Fortunately, his family helped clara achieve her freedom, and she could.
Weba powerful symbol of the resilience of blacks trying to find their way through the complicated maze of being free, brown was born into slavery in 1800 in virginia.
Webone of the most noted black women of the west was clara brown.
In 1859, during the colorado gold rush, she moved to the mining town of central city, colorado,.