Ben Tillman and the Reconstruction of White Supremacy

Through the life of Benjamin Ryan Tillman (1847-1918), South Carolina''s self-styled agrarian rebel, this book traces the history of white male supremacy and its discontents from the era of plantation slavery to the age of Jim Crow.

As an anti-Reconstruction guerrilla, Democratic activist, South Carolina governor, and U.S. senator, Tillman offered a vision of reform that was proudly white supremaci...