Born in 1788 in Chatham, Kent, William Cuffay was the son of an English woman, Juliana Fox, and a father of African descent who was a former slave, Chatham Cuffay. William was a traveling tailor who stood at 4 feet 11 inches. However, in that small body was a powerful activist.
William held a steady position as a traveling tailor. However, the course of his life changed in 1834 when he lost his job for going on strike over low pay and long work days. He rejected the owenite Grand National Consolidated Trades Union(owenite being founded on utopian socialist ideology).
William Cuffay: Tailor, Activist, and Hero of the Labor Movement
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