Ralph de Magne de Chabert
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Ralph D. de Magne de Chabert (1890–1955) was an Afro-Caribbean community leader, journalist, publisher, farmer, legal advisor, and political activist.
Biography
Ralph de Chabert, was born in Frederiksted, Saint Croix, Danish West Indies, the son of Louis de Chabert and Laura de Chabert.
Life and education
He studied Journalism and Legal Studies through the La Salle Extension University, accredited by the National Home Study Council and the State of Illinois.
The St. Croix Labor Union was founded on November 1, 1915, by David Hamilton Jackson, with Ralph deChabert as Vice President and C.R.T. Brow as the bonded and certified treasurer. During Jackson's absence, de Chabert led the labor union, and with Octavius Granady, led an unsuccessful strike of sugar plantation workers in 1921. The failure of this strike contributed to a bitter falling out between Hamilton Jackson and de Chabert.
de Chabert was the founder and editor of the St. Croix Tribune, a daily newspaper that was published six days a week, between 1922 and 1937. He was also one of the founders of the Saint Croix Chamber of Commerce, serving as its first president, and he was a founder of the Saint Croix Democratic Party.
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