Robert Barnwell Rhett (1800-1876), American statesman, was a U.S. congressman and senator and the spokesman for Southern independence.Robert Barnwell Rhett was born Robert Barnwell Smith on Dec. 21, 1...
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Robert Barnwell Rhett, sometimes called "the Father of Secession," used both oratory and the power of the press to persuade others. He advocated as early as 1832 that the South withdraw from the Union...
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Robert Barnwell Rhett
Robert Barnwell Rhett