Citation Information
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Title
Whittaker, Johnson Chesnut
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Coverage
August 23, 1858–January 14, 1931
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Author
John F. Marszalek
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Keywords
Slave, West Point cadet, lawyer, educator, became a teacher at Charleston’s Avery Institute, principal of the first black school in Sumter, Bill Clinton awarded Whittaker a posthumous U.S. Army commission
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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/whittaker-johnson-chesnut/view/images
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Access Date
June 8, 2023
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Original Published Date
July 7, 2016
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Date of Last Update
August 26, 2022
