EUGENE VICTOR DEBS

EUGENE

• Presidential canidate for the socialist party of American 5 times
• Imprisoned in 1918 for speaking out against U.S. Involvement in WW1
• A prominent union leader, he helped found the American Railway Union
• Which was the first industrial union in the U.S.
• He was an American Union leader

Eugene impacted today's society by helping stop slavery

Debs was sent to jail for six months for his role in the Pullman strike, he was later again sent to federal prison for his open opposition to the First World War, earning him democratic president Woodrow Wilsons undying enmity.

SOURCES

• Debsfoundation.org
• Answers.yahoo.com
• Isreview.org
• Ushistory.org