Chartist
He was a free thinking man in religious matters and the local Working Men's Association met at his home. At the Coach and Horses in Blackwood, Zephaniah Williams met John Frost - a magistrate and supporter of the cause.
It was at this time only natural that such a man would emerge as a natural leader during the Chartist movement in south east Wales.
He was subsequently prosecuted for his part in the Chartist Newport Rising at Newport, Monmouthshire in 1839.
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