Did you know that a Trinidadian was one of the outstanding figures of the Chinese Revolution?
That person was Eugene Acham Chen and this is an excerpt of his story. In a small wooden house off Moriah Road in San Fernando, Trinidad ( see attached photo) Eugene Acham was born on July 2nd 1878. He received his secondary education at St Mary's College and later on went on to pursued a law degree in London England. He build a successful law practice in Trinidad , but when this started to fail he fled to China adopting the name Chen. In China he went on to become one of China's outstanding freedom fighters. In fact in one historical document Eugene Acham Chen was regarded as the brains and soul of the Chinese Revolution. His story was featured in the Guardian Newspaper published on August 26th , 1962. ( see scan copy below) In 1927 his mother was still alive and living in San Fernando. (Source: Vitrual Museum of TT, Sept 5, 2021)
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