Jim Williams (civil rights activist)
(1830-1871)
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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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1830 York County, South Carolina, U.S.
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6 March 1871 (aged 40) York County, South Carolina, U.S.
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