jan 1, 1874 - The Prostrate State published

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| WHO: | by James S. Pike, a leading Horace Greeley supporter | WHAT: | white supremacy book | DETAILS: | influential account of a visit to South Carolina. The book depicted a state engulfed by political corruption, drained by governmental extravagance, and under the control of “a mass of black barbarism.” The South’s problems, he insisted, arose from “Negro government.” The solution was to restore leading whites to political power.

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