Letter from George Washington Murray, Columbia, S.C., to William Lloyd Garrison, 5th April, 1877

George Washington Murray writes William Lloyd Garrison to convey to the latter a first-hand account of the "political affairs" obtaining in South Carolina. Murray describes the recognition of Wade Hampton as governor of South Carolina as "unwarranted, humiliating, and brutal"....

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Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence Social reformers--United States--History--19th century African American politicians--United States--History--19th century--Correspondence African Americans--Suffrage--History--19th century African Americans--Violence against--History--19th century Equality before the law--United States--History--19th century Freedmen--United States--History--19th century Terrorism--Southern States--History--1865-1877 Paramilitary forces--Southern States--History--1865-1877 Voter intimidation--Southern States--History--19th century Hamburg Massacre, South Carolina, 1876 Antislavery movements--United States Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century Social reformers--United States African American politicians Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) South Carolina--Politics and government--1865-1950 African Americans--Civil rights--History--19th century African Americans--Suffrage African Americans Violence Equality before the law--United States Freed persons--United States Terrorism--United States Paramilitary forces Voter intimidation Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) Ku Klux Klan (19th century) Murray, George W. (George Washington), 1853-1926 Hampton, Wade, 1818-1902 Butler, M. C. (Matthew Calbraith), 1836-1909 Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones), 1814-1886 Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893 Democratic Party (U.S.) Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 Chamberlain, Daniel Henry, 1835-1907