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Edgefield and the Hamburg Riot Shape 1876 South Carolina Strife
Francis Simkins chronicles Edgefield influence in 1876 as Democrats split between reformers led by Chamberlain and the Straight Out faction. Hamburg riots, lynchings, and clashes with Governor Chamberlain frame a volatile fight over Reconstruction politics, race, and white unity amid edgefieldian power. Hampton emerges as a central figure as campaigns tilt toward a decisive governor race.
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South Carolina
Moses
Chamberlain
R. B. Elliott
W. J. Whipper
O’neal
Wardlaw
South
Whipper
Charleston
Aspaper
R. B. Carpenter
Edgefield
Hibernian Hall
F. W. Dawson
The
News and Courier
Dawson
Democratic Party
James Conner
Grant
Washington National Republican
Boston
Springfield Republican
United States
Edgefield Court House
M. C. Butler
H. D. Capers
J. C. Sheppard
Aiken County
Abbeville
Rock Hill Grange
Greenville
Anderson
Upper South Carolina
Columbia
Wade Hampton
Sumter
Wyatt Aiken
Johnston Hagood
St. Louis
Butler
Lipscomb
Newberry
Martin Bary
Kennedy
Kershaw
Manbars
Conner
Sheppard
Gary
Africa
Democratic Union
Edgefield Advertiser
Bacon
Greenville News
A. C. Haskell
Norris Township
Edgefield County
Hamburg
Henry Gett
Sen
Thomas Butler
Doc Adams
Prince Rivers
Stone
B. R. Tillman
Aiken
G. W. Williams
McGowan
North Carolina
Columbia Register
Hampton