Description: Offering an ORIGINAL 1907 HAMPTON AND RECONSTRUCTION by EDWARD L. WELLS. This HARDBACK BOOK contains 238 PAGES and measures approximately 9 1/4" X 6 1/4" X 3/4" and weighs around 1 POUND, 4+ OUNCES. This BIOGRAPHY was copyrighted in 1907 by THE STATE COMPANY IN COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA. WADE HAMPTON was born in CHARLESTON, SC, in 1818, and graduated from SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE in 1836. He served in the state legislature of South Carolina and ENSLAVED nearly 1000 HUMAN BEINGS on the family plantation. During the CIVIL WAR he served as an officer in the Confederate South Carolina Militia leading HAMPTON'S LEGION. He served under JEB STUART at the BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG. Following the war, Hampton became a leading proponent of THE LOST CAUSE OF THE CONFEDERACY movement, and was elected GOVERNOR of SOUTH CAROLINA in 1876. He served as a UNITED STATES SENATOR from 1879 to 1891, and as the UNITED STATES RAILROAD COMMISSIONER under GROVER CLEVELAND from 1893 to 1897. He passed in COLUMBIA, SC, in 1902. The CONTENTS INCLUDE: I. FAMILY. EARLY LIFE. CHARACTERISTICS. SECESSION (1); II. WAR (36); III. RECONSTRUCTION IN THE SOUTHERN STATES (69); IV. RECONSTRUCTION IN SOUTH CAROLINA (86); V. HAMPTON NOMINATED AND ELECTED GOVERNOR (101); VI. THE CAMPAIGN AFTER THE ELECTION (148); VII. INAUGURATION OF GOVERNOR HAMPTON AND BEGINNING OF HIS ADMINISTRATION (168); VIII. PRESIDENT HAYES RESTORES CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT (192); IX. DECLINING YEARS AND DEATH (209). Bound in brick red cloth. Gilt stamped title on spine. Gilt title and gilt stamped Hampton monument in gilt and black borders with black tooled laurel decoration on front. Frontispiece portrait photograph of Hampton. Includes errata slip. This volume would make a great addition to your CIVIL WAR collection, or a fine gift to a young scholar studying anti-Black racism in SOUTH CAROLINA during and after RECONSTRUCTION. CONDITION: Brown cloth cover shows wear on front and back; some scuffing and bumps; pages are clean and image is strong; binding and spine are strong - see photos! SHIPPING: Volume will be shipped domestically to the Lower 48 with tracking and insurance for $7.85.
Price: 29 USD
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Shipping Cost: 7.85 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Cloth
Place of Publication: COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Signed: No
Author: EDWARD L. WELLS
Personalized: No
Publisher: The State Company
Topic: RECONSTRUCTION IN SOUTH CAROLINA
Subject: RECONSTRUCTION IN SOUTH CAROLINA
Year Printed: 1907
Original/Facsimile: Original
