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Eddie Clemens

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

Eddie Clemens was a Pentecostal conscientious objector from New York imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenwroth. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: African-American; imprisoned at Ft. Leavenworth on October 30, 1918

Case

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