About Carlyle McKinley
Lived 1847 – 1904 (aged 56–57). Carlyle McKinley was a poet.
Carlyle "Carl" McKinley (1847 – August 24, 1904) was a soldier, theological student, cotton broker, newspaper editor, poet, and essayist in the United States. He lived in South Carolina and served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.
McKinley wrote for the Charleston News and Courrier. Notable reports written by McKinley include his reporting on a hurricane that hit Charleston on August 25, 1885, and his report on an earthquake that hit Charleston on August 31, 1886.
He was a proponent of "black expatriation".
Works An appeal to Pharaoh; the negro problem, and its radical solution. Fords, Howard & Hulbert, New York (1890). "Timrod Souvenir', in honor of Henry Timrod
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American journalist
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Carlyle McKinley was born in 1847.
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Carlyle McKinley was a poet.
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