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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:person
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gptkbp:almaMater
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Bethany College (did not graduate)
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gptkbp:birthDate
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August 11, 1847
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Edgefield_County,_South_Carolina,_United_States
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gptkbp:children
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five
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gptkbp:deathDate
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July 3, 1918
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gptkbp:deathPlace
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gptkb:Washington,_D.C.,_United_States
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gptkbp:fullName
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gptkb:Benjamin_Ryan_Tillman
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gptkbp:governorTermStart
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1886
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Pitchfork Ben
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gptkbp:nickname
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gptkb:Pitchfork_Ben
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gptkbp:notableFor
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white supremacist views
role in disenfranchising Black voters in South Carolina
advocacy for agrarian populism
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:farmer
politician
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gptkbp:politicalParty
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gptkb:Democratic_Party
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gptkbp:positionHeld
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gptkb:United_States_Senator
gptkb:Governor_of_South_Carolina
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gptkbp:restingPlace
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gptkb:Ebenezer_Baptist_Church_Cemetery,_Trenton,_South_Carolina
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gptkbp:signature
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Benjamin Tillman signature.svg
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Sallie_Starke
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gptkbp:termEnd
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1918
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gptkbp:termEnd_(Governor_of_South_Carolina)
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1890
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gptkbp:termStart
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1895
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Benjamin_Tillman
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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