Citation Information
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Title
Rainey, Joseph Hayne
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Coverage
June 21, 1832–August 2, 1887
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Author
William C. Hine
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Keywords
Congressman, born a slave in Georgetown, one of the more conservative black leaders during Reconstruction, compelled to serve as a steward on a blockade-runner and then to work on Confederate fortifications, also a brigadier general in the state militia, and he served as an agent with the ill-fated State Land Commission, dvocated passage of the 1872 Ku Klux Klan Act as a means to rid the state of that terrorist organization
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Website Name
South Carolina Encyclopedia
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Publisher
University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies
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URL
https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/rainey-joseph-hayne/view/images
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Access Date
April 26, 2024
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Original Published Date
June 20, 2016
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Date of Last Update
August 23, 2022
