Ralph Brush Cleghorn
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Ralph Brush Cleghorn (1804—1842) was a formerly enslaved abolitionist from St. Kitts who served as president of the Council of Nevis, probably the first black British West Indian to lead a colony.
Early Life
Ralph Cleghorn was born in St. Kitts about 1804 to Margaret Steele, an enslaved woman of African descent, and Robert Cleghorn, a white attorney who would later be elected to the island's legislature. He remained on the island until he was five years old, when his father took him to England for an education. The circumstances of his manumission are not clear.[1]
References
- ^ Cox, Edward L. (2007). "Ralph Brush Cleghorn of St. Kitts (1804–1842)". Slavery and Abolition. 28 (1): 41–42.