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Eric Williams


Born
in Trinidad and Tobago
September 25, 1911

Died
March 29, 1981

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Eric Eustace Williams TC CH was a Trinidad and Tobago politician who is regarded by some as the "Father of the Nation", having led the then British Colony of Trinidad and Tobago to majority rule on 28 October 1956, to independence on 31 August 1962, and republic status on 1 August 1976, leading an unbroken string of general elections victories with his political party, the People's National Movement, until his death in 1981. He was the first Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago and a noted Caribbean historian, especially for his book Capitalism and Slavery.
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Capitalism & Slavery

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4.24 avg rating — 1,636 ratings — published 1944 — 65 editions
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From Columbus to Castro: Th...

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History of the People of Tr...

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Inward Hunger: The Educatio...

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The Negro in the Caribbean

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Documents of Western Indian...

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Education in the British We...

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“I am persecuted because of my writings, I think, therefore, that I should write some more.”
Dr. Eric Williams, History of the People of Trinidad and Tobago

“slavery was an economic institution of the first importance. It had been the basis of Greek economy and had built up the Roman Empire. In modern times it provided the sugar for the tea and the coffee cups of the Western world. It produced the cotton to serve as a base for modern capitalism. It made the American South and the Caribbean islands.”
Eric Williams, Capitalism and Slavery

“Slavery was not born of racism; rather, racism was the consequence of slavery.”
Eric Williams

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