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1 online resource |
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"See that you rear a new union" -- "Trample upon your hosannas to the union" -- "He who dallies is a dastard" -- "Shake the federal temple from turret to foundation stone" -- "Like mildew and blast, like pestilence and famine" -- "Lance couched, helmet on, visor down" -- "Take the fetters from your heart" -- "Style, beauty, and high training" -- "Fidelity to the union is treason to the south" -- "True liberty is won by the blood of the brave" -- "Proudly the southern cross still floats to the breeze" -- Epilogue: "I will not lose my land." |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Keitt, Lawrence M. (Lawrence Massillon), 1824-1864.
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Keitt, Lawrence M. (Lawrence Massillon), 1824-1864
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Keitt, Lawrence M. (Lawrence Massillon), 1824-1864 fast |
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United States. Congress. House -- Biography
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United States. Congress. House fast |
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Legislators -- United States -- Biography
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Secession -- South Carolina
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Generals -- Confederate States of America -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Legislative Branch.
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Generals
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Legislators
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Politics and government
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Secession
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1849-1861. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140437
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140214
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Orangeburg County (S.C.) -- Biography
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South Carolina
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South Carolina -- Orangeburg County
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United States
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United States -- Confederate States of America
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781611173505 |
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1611173507 |
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1306827477 |
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9781306827478 |
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