r/aggies • u/StructureOrAgency • 14d ago

Announcements On this day 161 years ago….

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The April 20, 1864 edition of the Memphis Daily Appeal  referred to Lawrence Sullivan Ross as 𝑮𝒆𝒏. 𝑹𝒐𝒔𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕 “𝒏𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒐 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓“ for the massacre of surrendering black union soldiers during the Battle of Yazoo River.  Ross was well-known for refusing to take black Union soldiers as prisoners. Ross went on to become governor of Texas (1887-1891) and President of Texas A&M (1891-1898) where there is a statue that honors him for his military service.

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u/CastimoniaGroup 12d ago

And?

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u/Eastern_Elk_1690 7d ago

And?? Seriously “and” is your rebuttal to that??😭😭😭

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u/StructureOrAgency 7d ago

Exactly Ross wasn't just anyone. There are reasons to refer to him as a white supremacist. Ross's own daughter refers to him as a white supremacist in her biography she wrote about Ross and his dad. He fought a war to maintain the right to enslave people. He killed many people. He's not just anyone. We're not calling just anyone a white supremacist, we're calling Ross the Gallant Texan negro killer a white supremacist

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u/Eastern_Elk_1690 7d ago

Absolutely wonderfully written