Autobiography of dr eric williams

First Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago

For other people named Eric Williams, see Eric Williams (disambiguation).

Eric Eustace WilliamsTCCH (25 September 1911 – 29 March 1981) was a Trinidad and Tobago politician.^[1] He has been described as the "Father of the Nation",^{[2][3][4][5][6]} having led the then-British Colony of Trinidad and Tobago to majority rule on 28 October 1956, to independence on 31 August 1962, and republic status on 1 August 1976, leading an unbroken string of general elections victories with his political party, the People's National Movement, until his death in 1981.

He was the first Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago and also a Caribbean historian, most noted for his book entitled Capitalism and Slavery.^[7]

Early life

Williams was born on 25 September in 1911.

His father Thomas Henry Williams was a minor civil servant and devout Roman Catholic, and his mother