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R. Barnwell Rhett Jr.
Confederate American newspaper editor (1828–1905) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
R. Barnwell Rhett Jr. (February 25, 1828 – January 29, 1905) was a Confederate-American thought leader who edited the pro-secession Charleston Mercury newspaper owned by his father, the Fire-Eater politician Robert B. Rhett.[1] He was later a Reconstruction-era editor of the New Orleans Times-Picayune.[2] He killed a New Orleans judge in a duel in 1873.[3]
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