George Washington Williams

George working capital Williams strongly believed that every man, adult female and child had rights - no librate the color of their skin. Although he was something of a con artist, he believed that it was his certificate of indebtedness to speak out when he saw that those rights had been taken outside from separates through an abuse of power. During a trip to the congou tea, Williams learned that the charitable rights of Africans in the Congo had been stripped. His profane at this behavior direct him to write a long Open Letter describing the good-for-naught situation in the Congo. Williams feel of responsibility led him to drive the first American or European to publicly sell the treatment of Africans in the Congo.\nWilliams was an black with little education. Williams was born in 1849 in Pennsylvania. In 1864, he enlisted in the 41st U.S. slanted Troops of the Union Army. He fought in several battles and was injure in combat. Soon after, he enlisted in the groun d forces of the commonwealth of Mexico. Williams reenlisted in the U.S. Army when he returned home. He left the army the next year, and so he studied briefly at Howard University. Williams married and became pastor of the one-twelfth Baptist Church the year he graduated from the seminary. He then moved to Washington, D.C. and founded a issue black newspaper, the Commoner, after all a year as a minister.\nNext, Williams wrote a book, chronicle of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens, together with a preliminary consideration of the champion of the Human Family and historical design of Africa and an Account of the Negro Governments of sierra Leone and Liberia, which was published in deuce volumes. Williams addressed veterans groups, fraternal organizations, and perform congregations while traveling the masticate circuit. He floated through other professions and never seemed to have comely money.\nWilliams became interes ted in Leopolds Congo when he met a gen...