Arthur Wilson

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1910s
State:Alabama
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
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Biography

Arthur Wilson was a conscientious objector from Alabama imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 25 years in prison. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: registered June 5, 1917, as a C.O.; charge = Disobedience of Orders; interviewed by Bd. on Feb. 14, the Disciplinary Barracks ; African-American; sentenced to 25 years in prison

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service (World War I court-martial of a conscientious objector)
Sentence: Sentenced to 25 years in prison. Held at Fort Leavenworth.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas

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