George Washington Williams
American Civil War soldier, Christian minister, Ohio politician, lawyer, journalist, and writer
George Washington Williams (October 16, 1849 – August 2, 1891) was a soldier in the American Civil War and in Mexico before becoming a Baptist minister, politician, lawyer, journalist, and writer on African-American history.
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- I accuse Leopold's officials of tyranny, i accuse Leopold's government of excessive cruelty, ox chains eaten to the necks of prisoners and produce sores about which flies circle, the courts are aborted unjust and delinquent, not one state official knows the language of the natives, your majesties' government is engaged in slave trade, wholesale and retail.
- The United States has a special responsibility, because it introduced this African government on the International arena.
- Leopold's Congo state is guilty of crimes against humanity.
