Henry Sylvester Williams

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Henry Sylvester Williams was a Trinidadian lawyer and activist who was a pioneering figure in the Pan-African movement and a key organizer of the first Pan-African Conference in 1900.

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instanceOf Pan-Africanist
human
political activist
activeYearsEnd 1911
activeYearsStart 1890
birthDate 1869-03-24
birthPlace Arouca, Trinidad NERFINISHED
Trinidad and Tobago NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Trinidad and Tobago NERFINISHED
deathDate 1911-03-26
describedAs early Caribbean Pan-African leader
pioneer of Pan-Africanism
educatedAt Dalhousie University NERFINISHED
Gray's Inn NERFINISHED
King's College London NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Afro-Trinidadian NERFINISHED
familyName Williams
fieldOfWork Pan-African politics
anti-colonial activism
civil rights
founded African Association NERFINISHED
Pan-African Association NERFINISHED
givenName Henry NERFINISHED
influenced Pan-African Congress movement NERFINISHED
later Pan-African leaders
languageSpoken English
memberOf Gray's Inn NERFINISHED
movement Pan-Africanism NERFINISHED
name Henry Sylvester Williams NERFINISHED
notableEvent First Pan-African Conference, London, 1900 NERFINISHED
notableFor organizing the first Pan-African Conference
pioneering figure in the Pan-African movement
occupation Pan-Africanist leader
barrister
lawyer
political activist
organized First Pan-African Conference NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Port of Spain NERFINISHED
Trinidad and Tobago NERFINISHED
positionHeld barrister in London
barrister in South Africa
barrister in Trinidad
local councillor in London
member of the London Borough of Marylebone Council
spouse Agnes Williams NERFINISHED

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Pan-African Congress hasParticipant Henry Sylvester Williams