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| Birthday |
30th November, 1829
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| Birthplace |
York County, South Carolina, U.S.
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| Died |
6th March, 1871
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| Place of Death |
York County, South Carolina, U.S.
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| Occupation Text |
Farm laborer, soldier, civil rights activist, militia leader
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| Occupation |
Activist
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Jim Williams (c. 1830 – March 6, 1871) was an African-American soldier and militia leader in the 1860s and 1870s in York County, South Carolina. He escaped slavery during the US Civil War and joined the Union Army. After the war, Williams led a black militia organization which sought to protect black rights in the area. In 1871, he was lynched and hung by members of the local Ku Klux Klan. As a result, a large group of local blacks emigrated to Liberia, West Africa.
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