William Thomas Shorey (1859-1919)

William Thomas Shorey (1859-1919)

by WashingtonGuyM | Feb 12, 2007 | African American History

Known affectionately as the Black Ahab, William Thomas Shorey was born on January 25, 1859 on the island of Barbados in the British West Indies. He was the son of a Scottish sugar planter and a West Indian woman of mixed African and European ancestry. In 1875 he...