South Carolina fire-eater : the life of Lawrence Massillon Keitt, 1824-1864

South Carolina fire-eater : the life of Lawrence Massillon Keitt, 1824-1864 /

South Carolina Fire-Eater is the first book-length biography of Laurence Massillon Keitt, one of South Carolina's most notorious advocates of secession and apologists for African American slavery. A politician who wanted to be a statesman, a Hotspur who wanted to be a distinguished military lea...

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Main Author: Merchant, Holt
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, 2014
Subjects:
Keitt, Lawrence M. > (Lawrence Massillon), > 1824-1864.
United States. > Congress. > House > Biography.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
Secession > South Carolina.
Generals > Confederate States of America > Biography.
United States > Politics and government > 1849-1861.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography.
Orangeburg County (S.C.) > Biography.
Biographies.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary:South Carolina Fire-Eater is the first book-length biography of Laurence Massillon Keitt, one of South Carolina's most notorious advocates of secession and apologists for African American slavery. A politician who wanted to be a statesman, a Hotspur who wanted to be a distinguished military leader, Keitt was a U.S. congressman in the 1850s, signed the Ordinance of Secession, and represented his rebellious state in the Confederate Congress in 1861. Through this thoroughly researched volume, Holt Merchant offers a comprehensive history of an important South Carolina figure. As a congressman, Kei.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781611173505
1611173507
1306827477
9781306827478
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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