Truth-Telling: Frances Willard and Ida B. WellsMain MenuIntroductionHow to Use This ResourceTimelineEssential ContextInterpretive EssaysBibliography and Further ReadingAbout This Project / Contact UsCreditsFrances Willard House Museum396bd2bebf501b08ca215cf721fbba097eb2e1a2 Frances Willard House Museum and Archives Center for Women's History and Leadership 1730 Chicago Avenue Evanston, IL 60201 info@franceswillardhouse.org
Ben Tillman
12019-02-22T14:35:34-08:00Frances Willard House Museum396bd2bebf501b08ca215cf721fbba097eb2e1a2304252plain2019-02-22T14:51:27-08:00Frances Willard House Museum396bd2bebf501b08ca215cf721fbba097eb2e1a2"Pitchfork" Ben Tillman was the governor of South Carolina from 1890 until 1894. Though Tillman sometimes tried to prevent lynchings by calling in South Carolina's militia to stop them, he also claimed in 1892 that he would "willingly lead a mob in lynching a Negro who had committed an assault upon a white woman." Wells argues here that Tillman could not have it both ways. Eighteen black men were lynched during his during his term.
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