Biography: Hampton, Wade III

Wade Hampton III

Biography: Hampton, Wade III

4/15/2016

Biography

The South Carolina Encyclopedia features a biography (2016), written by Robert Ackerman, on the life of Wade Hampton III- a White Confederate general and South Carolina governor (D-SC). Themes include: Hampton's wealthy upbringing as a planter-aristocrat, his military service in the Confederacy and his controversial 1876 political campaign involving the Red Shirts. Other topics include: his governorship in South Carolina, his support of Black suffrage and his service as a senator.

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