Samuel Rishworth

{{Short description|Colombian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Samuel Rishworth''' was a Councillor of the Providence Island colony and one of the first English abolitionists.

Rishworth arrived at Providence Island with Henry Halhead in 1632 aboard the ship ''Charity''.<ref name=Dixon>{{cite journal|last=Dixon|first=Guy|title=Samuel Rishworth of Providence Island, Councillor (1632-1638) and Abolitionist|journal=Genealogists' Magazine|year=2012|volume=30|issue=11}}</ref>

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