William M. Viney
African American activist (c. 1840–?)
About William M. Viney
Born 1840. William M. Viney was an American civil rights advocate and political activist.
William M. Viney was an African-American political organizer, a civil rights activist, farmer, and minister. Viney served as a constitutional convention delegate in South Carolina during the Reconstruction era, as a political organizer, and as a sergeant in the American Civil War.
Biography William M. Viney was born in Ohio,
After the war he settled in the Colleton County of South Carolina and bought land near Somerville, and in July 1865 he tried to integrate Charleston, South Carolina's streetcars by riding on one for "whites only".
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Who was William M. Viney?
African American activist (c. 1840–?)
When was William M. Viney born?
William M. Viney was born in 1840 in Gallipolis.
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William M. Viney was a civil rights advocate and political activist.
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William M. Viney was American.
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