Arney R. Childs Collection, 1925-1977

Résumé du livre

Topics represented include: the contested election of 1876 which marked the end of Reconstruction (with extended quotes reporting on activities of both the Democratic and Republican parties; African American voters; riots, violence and voter intimidation); the political career of Benjamin R. Tillman during the years, 1885-1894 (including notes on the election of 1890, reaction to the Dispensary system for alcohol distribution, the Darlington Riot of 1894, the Farmers' Movement, farmers' conventions and race relations); and the South Carolina constitutional convention of 1895 [remembered for its role in completing the disenfranchisement of African American voters], with references to women's suffrage.