Roger Casement was a man who found a voice on the global stage in a time long before the ever-present din of a worldwide cacophony, and through his work, shed light on the horrific injustices that were occurring in places like Africa and Peru. He was also a man strongly divided by nature and nurture, who held extreme nationalistic views and allied himself with some of the darker characters of history in order to further his agenda. The following is a profile of Roger Casement: human rights activist, Irish republican, and traitor to the British Empire.