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Nick Name	Brownlow's Black Boys Base Ball Club
Earliest Known Date	Sunday, September 16, 1866
Last Known Game
Location	Nashville, TN, United States
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Nine Class	Senior
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Description	On Sunday September 16, 1866, 16 African American men (and one white one) were caught playing baseball at Nashville's Sulphur Spring Bottom, and were fined $5-9 for not respecting the sabbath. On the following Tuesday, the Nashville Daily Union and American published two separate accounts of the incident, both times referring to the men as belonging to "Brownlow's Black Boys Base Ball Club." That name clearly refers to William Brownlow, governor of Tennessee at the time, and a former minister and newspaper editor from East Tennessee. A unionist before and during the war, as governor Brownlow was a Radical Republican who favored extending civil rights for African-Americans and limiting them for ex-Confederates. As a result of his radical policies, Brownlow was not well liked by Nashville's white elite, and it's possible the name was the product of a newspaperman's dry wit. A second newspaper article, this time published in the Republican Banner, also describes the incident, but without naming the team. However, it does list by name all 17 men involved, along with the fines listed for each person. Tragically, the Nashville Recorder's Court records for 1866 are no longer extant, so we may never know the extent to which the "Brownlow's Black Boys Base Ball Club" was an actual club
Sources	"Recorder's Court." Daily Union and American [Nashville, TN], 18 Sept., 1866: 3. Web, Chronicling America. 11 Apr. 2014. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038519/1866-09-18/ed-1/seq-3/ "The Five B's C Stars." Daily Union and American [Nashville, TN], 18 Sept., 1866: 3. Web, Chronicling America. 11 Apr. 2014. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038519/1866-09-18/ed-1/seq-3/ "A Freedman's Club." Republican Banner [Nashville, TN], 18 Sept., 1866. Brunson, "Black Baseball" p. 246
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Found by	Christopher Ryland
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Win/Loss Records As Far As We Now Know

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Year	Games	Wins	Losses	Ties
1866	1 Played	0 Won	0 Lost	0 Tied

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Page	Date	City	Borough	State	Team 1	Team 2	Score	First in	Contributor
Ballgame	1866-09-16	Nashville		TN	Brownlow's Black Boys Base Ball Club				Christopher Ryland

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Players

Player	Years	Roles	Edit Association with Club
Andrew Boyd	1866
Andrew Jackson	1866
Andrew Wright	1866
Charles Arms	1866
David Young	1866
Gus Spence	1866
Howell Tate	1866
Jack Phillips	1866
Jesse Gordon	1866
John Cook	1866
John Patton	1866
Riley Williams	1866
Rufus Porterfield	1866
Sim Noel	1866
Thos. Payne	1866
Vaughn Loften	1866

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Playing Fields

Field	Years	Edit Association with Club
Sulphur Spring Bottom Athletic Park

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 |Description=<p>On Sunday September 16, 1866, 16 African American men (and one white one) were caught playing baseball at Nashville's Sulphur Spring Bottom, and were fined $5-9 for not respecting the sabbath. On the following Tuesday, the Nashville&nbsp;<em>Daily Union and American</em>&nbsp;published two separate accounts of the incident, both times referring to the men as belonging to "Brownlow's Black Boys Base Ball Club." That name clearly refers to William Brownlow, governor of Tennessee at the time, and a former minister and newspaper editor from East Tennessee. A unionist before and during the war, as governor Brownlow was a Radical Republican who favored extending civil rights for African-Americans and limiting them for ex-Confederates. As a result of his radical policies, Brownlow was not well liked by Nashville's white elite, and it's possible the name was the product of a newspaperman's dry wit.</p>
-<p>A second newspaper article, this time published in the&nbsp;<em>Republican Banner</em>, also describes the incident, but without naming the team. However, it does list by name all 17 men involved, along with the fines listed for each person. Oddly, few if any of these African Americans were listed in the Nashville city directory for 1866. Odder still, the lone white man involved, a certain "Same O.L.D. Coons," was also not found in the directory.</p>
+<p>A second newspaper article, this time published in the&nbsp;<em>Republican Banner</em>, also describes the incident, but without naming the team. However, it does list by name all 17 men involved, along with the fines listed for each person.&nbsp; </p>
-<p>Tragically, the Nashville Recorder's Court records for 1866 are no longer extant, so we may never know the extent to which the Brownlow's Black Boys Base Ball Club was an actual team.</p>
+<p>Tragically, the Nashville Recorder's Court records for 1866 are no longer extant, so we may never know the extent to which the "Brownlow's Black Boys Base Ball Club" was an actual club</p>
 |Sources=<p>"Recorder's Court."&nbsp;<em>Daily Union and American&nbsp;</em>[Nashville, TN], 18 Sept., 1866: 3. Web,&nbsp;<em>Chronicling America.</em> 11 Apr. 2014.&nbsp;http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038519/1866-09-18/ed-1/seq-3/</p>
 <p>"The Five B's C Stars."&nbsp;<em>Daily Union and American&nbsp;</em>[Nashville, TN], 18 Sept., 1866: 3. Web,&nbsp;<em>Chronicling America.</em> 11 Apr. 2014.&nbsp;http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038519/1866-09-18/ed-1/seq-3/</p>
 <p>"A Freedman's Club."&nbsp;<em>Republican Banner</em> [Nashville, TN], 18 Sept., 1866.</p>
+<p><span>Brunson, "Black Baseball" p. 246</span></p>
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