Radical Members of the South Carolina Legislature
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Title
Radical Members of the South Carolina Legislature
Description
A collage of 64 members of the 1868 South Carolina legislature. They are dubbed "Radical" and attention is brought to their earnings and literacy in order to disparage this new group of congressmen. Prince Rivers is far left, four rows down. It is the only picture of him.
The first image reads: These are the photographs of 63 members of the reconstructed South Carolina Legislature, 50 of whom are negroes or mulattoes and 13 white. 22 read and write (8 grammatically), the remainder (41) make their mark with the aid of an amanuensis. Nineteen (19) are tax-payers to an aggregate amount of $146.10, the rest (44) pay no taxes, and the body levies on the white people of the State for $4,000,000.
The back reads: Lines from Left to Right.
Line 1- Dusenberry, white. McKinlay, colored, Dickson, w, Wilder, c, Hoyt, w, Randolf, c, Harris, c.
2- Mayes, c, Jillson, w, Lomax, c, Jackson, w, Thomas, c, Webb, w, Bozeman, c, Tomlinson, w, Wright, c.
3- Demars, c, Brodie, c, Hayes, c, Cain, c, Maxwell, c, Martin, w, Cook, c, Miller, c.
4- Rivers, c, Duncan, c, Boozer, w, Smythe. c, Wright, c, Moses, w, Sanders, c, Nuckles, c.
5- Miteford, w, White, c, Barton, c, Boston, c, Shrewsbury, c, Mickery, c, Henderson, c, Howell, c, Hayne, c, Mobley, c, Hudson, c, Nash, c, Carmand, c,
6- Smith, c, Pettingill, w, Hyde,-, Lee, c, Simonds, c, Chesnut, c, McDaniel, c, Williams, c, Gardner, c,
7- Swails, c, Perrin, c, James. c, Johnston, c, Wimbush, c, Hayes, c, Farr, c, Meade, c, Thompson, c, Rainey, c.
The first image reads: These are the photographs of 63 members of the reconstructed South Carolina Legislature, 50 of whom are negroes or mulattoes and 13 white. 22 read and write (8 grammatically), the remainder (41) make their mark with the aid of an amanuensis. Nineteen (19) are tax-payers to an aggregate amount of $146.10, the rest (44) pay no taxes, and the body levies on the white people of the State for $4,000,000.
The back reads: Lines from Left to Right.
Line 1- Dusenberry, white. McKinlay, colored, Dickson, w, Wilder, c, Hoyt, w, Randolf, c, Harris, c.
2- Mayes, c, Jillson, w, Lomax, c, Jackson, w, Thomas, c, Webb, w, Bozeman, c, Tomlinson, w, Wright, c.
3- Demars, c, Brodie, c, Hayes, c, Cain, c, Maxwell, c, Martin, w, Cook, c, Miller, c.
4- Rivers, c, Duncan, c, Boozer, w, Smythe. c, Wright, c, Moses, w, Sanders, c, Nuckles, c.
5- Miteford, w, White, c, Barton, c, Boston, c, Shrewsbury, c, Mickery, c, Henderson, c, Howell, c, Hayne, c, Mobley, c, Hudson, c, Nash, c, Carmand, c,
6- Smith, c, Pettingill, w, Hyde,-, Lee, c, Simonds, c, Chesnut, c, McDaniel, c, Williams, c, Gardner, c,
7- Swails, c, Perrin, c, James. c, Johnston, c, Wimbush, c, Hayes, c, Farr, c, Meade, c, Thompson, c, Rainey, c.
Creator
Unknown
Publisher
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Date
1868
Rights
public domain
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
Physical Dimensions
H x W (sheet): 4 × 2 1/2 in. (10.2 × 6.4 cm)
H x W (image): 3 1/16 × 2 1/4 in. (7.8 × 5.7 cm)
H x W (image): 3 1/16 × 2 1/4 in. (7.8 × 5.7 cm)
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Radical Members of the South Carolina Legislature,” 1st South Carolina Digital Archive, accessed September 19, 2024, https://1stsc.digitalussouth.org/items/show/14.