cotton ed smith

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 934

By Erik Loomis

In General

On October 17, 2021

This is the grave of Cotton Ed Smith. One of the worst human beings to ever befoul this nation, Ellison Smith was born in 1864 outside of the appropriately named Lynchburg, South Carolina. He grew up in the dying plantation elite of the South. He...

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