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Stafford Sylis (Rev.) Winn

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

Stafford Sylis (Rev.) Winn was a conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: African-American; assigned to Headquarters Southern Department, Fort Sam Houston (Texas), May 31, 1918 (may not have been his first assignment); …

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service (World War I court-martial of a conscientious objector)
Incarcerated: 1918
Released: 1919
Sentence: Held at Fort Leavenworth. Released 1919.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas