George Washington Williams

George Washington Williams potently believed that every man, woman and pincer had rights - no matter the blazon of their skin. Although he was something of a kidnap artist, he believed that it was his state to communicate out when he dictum that those rights had been taken away from others through and through an abuse of power. During a tripper to the Congo, Williams learned that the human rights of Africans in the Congo had been stripped. His outrage at this behavior led him to lay aside a lengthy spread Letter describing the deplorable dapple in the Congo. Williams sense of responsibility led him to become the send-off the Statesn or European to publicly denounce the interposition of Africans in the Congo.\nWilliams was an African-American with shrimpy education. Williams was born in 1849 in Pennsylvania. In 1864, he enlisted in the 41st U.S. Colored man of the Union Army. He fought in several battles and was wounded in combat. Soon after, he enlisted in the army of the Republic of Mexico. Williams reenlisted in the U.S. Army when he returned home. He left the army the succeeding(prenominal) year, and then he analyse briefly at Howard University. Williams unite and became pastor of the Twelfth Baptist church building the year he graduate from the seminary. He then travel to Washington, D.C. and founded a national shadowy newspaper, the Commoner, after only a year as a minister.\nNext, Williams wrote a book, History of the total darkness Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens, together with a foregoing consideration of the Unity of the serviceman Family and historical Sketch of Africa and an depend of the Negro Governments of Sierra Leone and Liberia, which was promulgated in two volumes. Williams communicate veterans groups, fraternal organizations, and church congregations eyepatch traveling the lecture circuit. He floated through other professions and neer seemed to have enough money.\n Williams became arouse in Leopolds Congo when he met a gen...