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Wade Perrin

Case from Joanna, SC dated Oct 20, 1870

Victim Details

Representative Wade Perrin

Male

Black / African American

Joanna

SC

1870-10-20

Wade

Perrin

06/30/2026

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In the tumultuous political climate of Reconstruction-era South Carolina, Wade Perrin, a Black man and a newly re-elected Republican member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, met a brutal end. On the evening of October 20, 1870, just one day after securing his second term, Perrin was assassinated by a group of white men associated with the Ku Klux Klan in the area of present-day Joanna, South Carolina, then known as Martin's Depot in rural Laurens County. His death was part of a wav ...
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  • Representative Wade Perrin - National Gun Violence Memorial
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