South Carolina fire-eater : the life of Lawrence Massillon Keitt, 1824-1864 /

South Carolina Fire-Eater is the first book-length biography of Laurence Massillon Keitt, one of South Carolina's most notorious advocates of secession and apologists for African American slavery. A politician who wanted to be a statesman, a Hotspur who wanted to be a distinguished military lea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Merchant, Holt
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, 2014.
Temas:
Keitt, Lawrence M. > (Lawrence Massillon), > 1824-1864.
United States. > Congress. > House > Biography.
United States. > Congress. > House.
1849-1865
Legislators > United States > Biography.
Secession > South Carolina.
Generals > Confederate States of America > Biography.
Parlementaires > États-Unis > Biographies.
Sécession > Caroline du Sud.
Généraux > États confédérés d'Amérique > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Legislative Branch.
Generals.
Legislators.
Politics and government
Secession.
United States > Politics and government > 1849-1861.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography.
Orangeburg County (S.C.) > Biography.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1849-1861.
South Carolina.
South Carolina > Orangeburg County.
United States.
United States > Confederate States of America.
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:South Carolina Fire-Eater is the first book-length biography of Laurence Massillon Keitt, one of South Carolina's most notorious advocates of secession and apologists for African American slavery. A politician who wanted to be a statesman, a Hotspur who wanted to be a distinguished military leader, Keitt was a U.S. congressman in the 1850s, signed the Ordinance of Secession, and represented his rebellious state in the Confederate Congress in 1861. Through this thoroughly researched volume, Holt Merchant offers a comprehensive history of an important South Carolina figure. As a congressman, Kei.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781611173505
1611173507
1306827477
9781306827478

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