Businessman, civil rights leader, public official, and parliamentarian in the Bahamas
Stephen Dillet
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Businessman, civil rights leader, public official, and parliamentarian in the Bahamas
Gender:
Male
Birth:
1797
Death:
1880
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Biography
Introduction
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
He was born in Saint-Domingue. 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. and J. Rosamond Johnson.
His sons Thomas William Dillet and Stephen Albert Dillet Jr.also becamepublic officials. Stephen Dillet Primary School in Nassau, Bahamas is named for him.