Stephen Dillet

Stephen Dillet Sr. (1796 - 1880) was a businessman, civil rights leader, public official, and parliamentarian in the Bahamas. He was elected to the House of Assembly in the 1833 Bahamian general election, the colony's first to allow non-white voters.

Biography[edit]

He was born in Saint-Domingue.^[1] Etienne Dillet and Hester Argo (Mary Cartherine Esther Argo / Hester Argeaux) were his parents. He was brought at age 6 with his mother to the Bahamas from Haiti. He was the maternal grandfather of the brothers James Weldon Johnson.^[2] and J. Rosamond Johnson.

His sons Thomas William Dillet and Stephen Albert Dillet Jr. also became public officials. Stephen Dillet Primary School in Nassau, Bahamas is named for him.

References[edit]

^ "Browse In Civil Rights Activist, Africa and Diaspora Studies, 1775–1800: The American Revolution and Early Republic". Oxford African American Studies Center.
^ McCartney, Donald M. (August 6, 2004). Bahamian Culture and Factors which Impact Upon it: A Compilation of Two Essays. Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc. ISBN 9780805963250 – via Google Books.

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[1] "Browse In Civil Rights Activist, Africa and Diaspora Studies, 1775–1800: The American Revolution and Early Republic". Oxford African American Studies Center.

[2] McCartney, Donald M. (August 6, 2004). Bahamian Culture and Factors which Impact Upon it: A Compilation of Two Essays. Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc. ISBN 9780805963250 – via Google Books.

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