Benjamin Tillman Quote

We of the South have never recognized the right of the Negro to govern white men, and we never will. We have never believed him to be the equal of the white man, and we will not submit to his gratifying his lust on our wives and daughters without lynching him.


Speech to the United States Senate.


We of the South have never recognized the right of the Negro to govern white men, and we never will. We have never believed him to be the equal of...

We of the South have never recognized the right of the Negro to govern white men, and we never will. We have never believed him to be the equal of...

We of the South have never recognized the right of the Negro to govern white men, and we never will. We have never believed him to be the equal of...

We of the South have never recognized the right of the Negro to govern white men, and we never will. We have never believed him to be the equal of...