We of the South have never recognized the right of the negro to govern white men, and we never will. We have never believed him to be the equal of th… - Benjamin Tillman

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We of the South have never recognized the right of the negro to govern white men, and we never will. We have never believed him to be the equal of the white man, and we will not submit to his gratifying his lust on our wives and daughters without lynching him. I would to God the last one of them was in Africa and that none of them had ever been brought to our shores.

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About Benjamin Tillman

Benjamin Ryan Tillman, Jr. (11 August 1847 – 3 July 1918) was a politician of the Democratic Party who was Governor of South Carolina from 1890 to 1894, and a United States Senator from 1895 until his death. A white supremacist who often spoke out against black people, Tillman led a paramilitary group of Red Shirts during South Carolina's violent 1876 election.

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Birth Name: Benjamin Ryan Tillman
Also Known As: Pitchfork
Alternative Names: Pitchfork Ben Tillman Benjamin R. Tillman Ben Tillman Benjamin Ryan Tillman, Jr.
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