{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"South Carolina Encyclopedia","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.scencyclopedia.org\/sce","author_name":"Matthew Simmons","author_url":"https:\/\/www.scencyclopedia.org\/sce\/author\/sceditor\/","title":"Taxpayers' Conventions - South Carolina Encyclopedia","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"GA61bSdRYv\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scencyclopedia.org\/sce\/entries\/taxpayers%c2%92-conventions\/\">Taxpayers&#8217; Conventions<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scencyclopedia.org\/sce\/entries\/taxpayers%c2%92-conventions\/embed\/#?secret=GA61bSdRYv\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Taxpayers&#8217; Conventions&#8221; &#8212; South Carolina Encyclopedia\" data-secret=\"GA61bSdRYv\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":null,"thumbnail_width":null,"thumbnail_height":null,"description":"In 1871 and 1874 white Democrats in South Carolina, frustrated with high taxes and the Republicans\u2019 domination of the state government, held statewide conventions to register their protests. The 1871 convention met in Columbia to protest that year\u2019s tax increase to the unheard-of level of eleven mills on the dollar. William D. Porter of Charleston [&hellip;]"}