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Feb 22, 2021 · Benjamin Tillman, one of the leaders of South Carolina’s white mob attacks, identified the “arithmetic” problem for white supremacists: “In my State there were 135,000 negro voters or ...
Jun 17, 2020 · Tillman, who died in 1918, valued victory over human life and democracy, at least according to what he said and what he said he did. He was a self-described white supremacist. And in his lifetime ...
1 of 3. The monument to former South Carolina governor and U.S. Senator Benjamin Ryan Tillman sits on the opposite side of the grounds from his political adversary, Wade Hampton III. Tillman’s protégé and fellow South Carolina governor, John Gardiner Richards, Jr., began calling for a monument in 1929, reminding South Carolinians that “it ...
Jul 9, 2015 · Who was Benjamin Tillman? Ben Tillman was South Carolina’s governor from 1890 to 1894 and a U.S. senator from 1894 until 1918. “Ben Tillman was born into a wealthy slaveholding family in pre ...
The long-term effects of Reconstruction – or its failure – are evident in Senator Tillman’s speech from 1900. He defended the system of segregation developed in the South after Reconstruction (including lynching); segregation was not challenged until the 1950s and 1960s. Congressional Record, 56th Congress, 1st Session, 3223-3224.
Apr 9, 2017 · President Riggs was also important in leading the entire state of South Carolina’s war effort. Senator Benjamin Tillman, who was a good friend of Riggs, was important in compelling him to take a leadership role in South Carolina’s war effort. Riggs was asked to encourage farmers to grow more food in preparation of the war.
Benjamin Ryan Tillman (11 gusht 1847 – 3 korrik 1918) ishte një politikan i Partisë Demokratike që shërbeu si guvernator i Karolinës së Jugut nga 1890 deri në 1894 dhe si senator i Shteteve të Bashkuara nga 1895 deri në vdekjen e tij në 1918.
