Image: Radical Republicans in the South Carolina Legislature

Description: Photo composite of 65 "Radical Republicans" in the 1868 South Carolina Legislature during the Reconstruction era including 50 "negroes or mulattoes". The National Museum of African American History and Culture identifies and lists them (names in italics are white) Row 1 - George W. Dusenberry, American, died 1869; Whitefield J. McKinlay, American; Elias Evander Dickson, American, 1832 - 1909; Charles McDuffie Wilder, American; William R. Hoyt, American; Benjamin Franklin Randolph, American, died 1868; David Harris, American (7; total 7) Row 2 - James P. Mayes, American; Justus K. Jillson, American, 1839 - 1881; Hutson J. Lomax, American; Benjamin Franklin Jackson, American; William M. Thomas, American; Henry W. Webb, American, died 1869; Benjamin A. Bozeman Jr., American, 1840 - 1881; Reuben Tomlinson, American; Jonathan Jasper Wright, American, 1840 - 1885 (9; 16) Row 3 - Francis Demars, American; William J. Brodie, American; Eben Hayes, American; Lawrence Cain, American; Henry J. Maxwell, American, 1837 - 1906; James Martin, American, died 1868; Wilson Cooke, American; Franklin F. Miller, American (8; 24) Row 4 - Prince R. Rivers, American, 1824 - 1887; Hiram W. Duncan, American; Lemuel Boozer, American, 1809 - 1870; Powell Smythe, American; John B. Wright, American; Franklin Israel Moses Jr., American, 1838 - 1906; Sancho [no further info]; Sanders, American; Samuel Nuckles, American (9; 33) Row 5 - Miteford [no further info]; John Hannibal White, American, 1828 - 1878; Barney Barton, American; Boston [no further info]; Henry L. Shrewsbury, American; Edward Charles Mickey, American; James A. Henderson, American; Howell [no further info]; Henry E. Hayne, American, born 1840; Junius S. Mobley, American; James Hutson, American; Sen. William Beverly Nash, American, 1822 - 1888; Carmand [no further info] (13; 46) Row 6 - Abraham W. Smith, American; Charles H. Pettengill, American; John B. Hyde, American; Samuel J. Lee, American, 1844 - 1895; William M. Simons, American, 1810 - 1878; John A. Chesnut, American; Harry McDaniel, American; Williams [no further info]; John Gardner, American (9; 55) Row 7 - Stephen Atkins Swails, American, 1832 - 1900; Wade Perrin, American, died 1870; Burrell S. James, American; William E. Johnson, American; Lucius W. Wimbush, American, 1839 - 1872; Elliott Stannmore Jerome Hayes, American, 1848 - 1913; Simeon Farr, American; John W. Mead, American; Benjamin A. Thompson, American; Joseph Hayne Rainey, American, 1832 - 1887 (10; 65) Of these 65, 13 were white - but only 12 are shown as white above. Details are from item 30-11-7B in the National Museum of African American History and Culture, from which Sancho's name (row 4) is missing, and Hyde (row 5) is not shown as white or coloured.
Title: Radical Republicans in the South Carolina Legislature
Credit: https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2008.9.29
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