Rhett
the turbulent life and times of a fire-eater
South Carolina
c 1700 to c 1800
Secession
United States - State & Local - General
United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, biography
Historical - General
c 1800 to c 1900
United States. Congress. Senate
Political
Biography: general
Legislators
Statesmen
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
United States
Politics and government
Biography
"William C. Davis's biography of Robert Barnwell Rhett provides a definitive picture of South Carolina's most prominent secessionist and arguably the best known in the nation during the two decades leading up to the Civil War. Dubbed the "Father of Secession," Rhett attached himself to South Carolin…
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