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George Washington Williams

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. He served in the Ohio House of Representatives.

In the late 1880s, Williams turned his interest to Europe and Africa. After having been impressed by meeting King Leopold II of Belgium, he traveled in 1890 to the Congo Free State (then owned by the king) to see its development. Shocked by the widespread brutal abuses and slavery imposed on the Congolese, he wrote an open letter to Leopold in 1890 about the suffering of the region's native inhabitants at the hands of the king's agents. This letter, which subsequently popularized the term "crimes against humanity", was a catalyst for an international outcry against the regime running the Congo, which had caused millions of deaths. Provided by Wikipedia
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    History of the Negro Troops in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. by Williams, George Washington

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    History of the Negro race in America from 1619-1880 Negroes as slaves, as soldiers, and as citizens : together with a preliminary consideration of the unity of the human family, an... by Williams, George Washington, 1849-1891

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    History 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 unity of the human family,... by Williams, George Washington, 1849-1891

    Published 1883
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    History 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 unity of the human famil... by Williams, George Washington, 1849-1891

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    An open letter to His Serene Majesty Leopold II, King of the Belgians and sovereign of the independent of state of Congo by Williams, George Washington, 1849-1891

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    History 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 unity of the human famil... by Williams, George Washington, 1849-1891

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    A history of the Negro troops in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 / by Williams, George Washington, 1849-1891

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    A history of the negro troops in the war of the rebellion, 1861-1865 : preceded by a review of the military services of negroes in ancient and modern times / by Williams, George Washington, 1849-1891

    Published 1887
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