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Gentile." Williams added that "he was solicitous for the betterment of the coloured people" – being the founder of the
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Williams says he was "small, gallant, imaginative, humorous, sporting and adventurous. When he came to Kimberley in 1880 he soon became a force in the land – a vivid, straight-forward, amusing personality, beloved by rich and poor." Many congregated to listen to his "clear
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