George Washington Williams: Turning Experience into History |
By Tamara Shiloh Best known as the man who exposed King Leopold’s “benevolent enterprise” in the Congo as brutal imperialism, George Washington Williams (1849–1891) was also an American historian, clergyman, politician, lawyer, lecturer, and soldier. He was the first person to write an objective, researched history of Blacks in America. His first book, “History of […]| By Tamara Shiloh Best known as the man who exposed King Leopold’s “benevolent enterprise” in the Congo as brutal imperialism, George Washington Williams (1849–1891) was also an American historian, clergyman, ...
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