Thomas Horatio Jackson (1879–1935) was a

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newspaper editor and publisher, who has been called a "veritable titan of the Lagos Press". Jackson's career, like that of his father John Payne Jackson, has been said to "exemplify the militant and crusading zeal of the pioneer journalists" in Nigeria.

Life

After his father died in 1915 Jackson became editor of the ''Lagos Weekly Record''. In 1923 he was involved in the founding of the

Nigerian National Democratic Party The Nigerian National Democratic Party (NNDP) was the first political party in Nigeria. The party was active in Lagos and was supported by the Lagos Daily Newspaper. History The NNDP was founded in on 24 June 1923 by Herbert Macaulay, the part ...

. In 1925 Jackson was imprisoned for an article arguing that the

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judges were nothing more than tools of the executive.Thomas Horatio Jackson, "The dangers of the judicial system in Nigeria", ''Lagos Weekly Record'', 16 September 1925. See

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1879 births 1935 deaths Nigerian newspaper publishers (people) Nigerian newspaper journalists People from Lagos 19th-century Nigerian people 20th-century Nigerian people Americo-Liberian people People of Americo-Liberian descent Americo-Liberian families {{Nigeria-journalist-stub