Video: General Wade Hampton, Duration: 5:30

Wade Hampton III

Video: General Wade Hampton, Duration: 5:30

11/14/2014

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South Carolina ETV source presents a 5-minute video (2014) on Wade Hampton III- a White Confederate officer, South Carolina governor and senator (D-SC). Themes include: Hampton's wealthy upbringing, details about his Confederate military service, a perspective on Hampton's view of Black enfranchisement, the 1876 Red Shirt campaign that helped him get elected governor and his life after politics.

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