The Diary of Edmund Ruffin: A Dream Shattered, June 1863--June--1865 - Edmund Ruffin - Google Books

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Edmund Ruffin was one of the most significant figures in the Old South. A gentleman planter, writer, and political commentator, he made his greatest contribution as an agricultural reformer, but it was as a militant defender of slavery and champion of the…