Unnamed Governor of South Carolina

Submitted by sfr on Fri, 2018-01-19 08:20
Text: 
Flags in the Dust
Character Key: 
Unnamed Governor of South Carolina
Display Name: 
Unnamed Governor of South Carolina
Sort Name: 
Unnamed Governor of South Carolina
AKA: 
Frances Wilkinson Pickens
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Upper Class
Rank: 
Peripheral
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Administrative
Specific Job: 
Governor
First Mentioned: 
Carolina in the Civil War in Flags in the Dust (Location)
Date of Birth: 
Tuesday, April 7, 1807
Origin: 
South Carolina
Biography: 

The "governor" of South Carolina when it became the first state to secede from the Union, occupied Fort Moultrie and "refused to surrender it" (11), and began the Civil War by attacking Fort Sumter, was Frances Pickens; descended from a famous Carolina family, he strongly supported the creation and the cause of the Confederacy.

Ontological Status: 
Historical/Real
Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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