| Josh Turner – South Carolina Low Country Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Hang on there, hoss. I am a big fan of Josh's, and he certainly doesn't strike me as the type to be promoting racism. I did a little research, and the Wade Hampton YOU are talking about was the grandson of the one who fought with The Swamp Fox. In the Revolutionary War, not the Civil War. I couldn't speak to whether or not he owned slaves (I imagine he probably did), but he wasn't even alive when the first shots were fired on Fort Sumter. Let me drop a little knowledge on ya. ;-) Wade Hampton I (1751-1835) was a planter and soldier. He served with distinction during the Revolutionary War with the “Swamp Fox,” Gen. Francis Marion, and the original “Fighting Gamecock,” Gen. Thomas Sumter. He also served in the War of 1812 seeing action in New Orleans and in New York State and Canada. He also was part of an unsuccessful invasion of Montreal. |
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