Political assassination in South Carolina ; 2006 Apr. 29 [typescript] / A.V. Huff, Jr.

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Political assassination in South Carolina ; 2006 Apr. 29 [typescript] / A.V. Huff, Jr.

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Essay re political culture in S.C. and violence and murders during Reconstruction, later 19th century and early 20th century. Persons discussed include Benjamin Franklin Randolph, elected in 1868 to the S.C. Senate from Orangeburg, S.C., and his murder at Hodges Depot; Lovick William Rochelle Blair (1821-1882) and his death in Kershaw County, S.C.; shooting of N.G. Gonzales by Ben Tillman in Columbia, S.C.; the 1930 murder of Edward J. Dennis in Moncks Corner (Berkeley County, S.C.); and shootings in 1926 and 1930 by those in favor of the illegal distillation of whiskey, including the murder of S.C. Senator Edward J. Dennis, Jr., who was shot on election day, 24 July 1930. Keynote address presented to the 70th meeting of the South Caroliniana Society, 29 Apr. 2006.

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Dennis, Edward J., 1877-1930.

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Randolph, Benjamin Franklin, d. 1868.

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Blair, Lovick William Rochelle, 1821-1882.

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Tillman, Benjamin R. (Benjamin Ryan), 1847-1918

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Huff, Archie Vernon, 1937-

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A.V. Huff, Jr., received his master's degree from Duke University. He is an ordained Methodist minister. After many years as a professor of History at Furman University in Greenville, SC, he is now serving at Furman as Vice-President for Academic Affairs and Dean. From the description of "Family life at Pendleton", 1968. (Clemson University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 42396490 ...