Samuel Jackman Prescod

The Right Excellent
Samuel Jackman Prescod
Portrait at the 1840 anti-slavery convention
Bornc. 1806
Barbados
Died26 September 1871 (aged 65)
EducationSt Mary's
Occupation(s)Journalist, Politician, Judge
Known forNational Hero of Barbados
TitleThe Right Excellent[1]
Parent(s)William Prescod and Lidia Smith

Samuel Jackman Prescod NH (c. 1806 – 26 September 1871) became the first person of African descent to be elected to the Parliament of Barbados, in 1843. He also helped found the Liberal Party, whose following included small landowners, businessmen, and coloured clerks.[2] The Parliament of Barbados has enacted that he should be styled as "The Right Excellent" and that his life be celebrated on National Heroes Day (28 April) in Barbados.[3]

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  3. ^ PARLIAMENT'S HISTORY Archived 2007-05-23 at the Wayback Machine at barbadosparliament.com, accessed 27 July 2008: "In April 1998, the Order of National Heroes Act was passed. National Heroes Day was celebrated on 28 April, the centenary of the birth of Sir Grantley Adams. The National Heroes, each bearing the title the Right Excellent, are: Bussa (d. 1816), Sarah Ann Gill (1795–1866), Samuel Jackman Prescod (1806–1871), Dr Charles Duncan O'Neal (1879–1936), Clement Osbourne Payne (1904–1941), Sir Grantley Herbert Adams (1898–1987), Rt Hon. Errol Walton Barrow (1920–1987), Sir Hugh Worrell Springer (1913–1994), Sir Frank Leslie Walcott (1916–1999), and Sir Garfield St Aubyn Sobers (b. 1936)."