Jacob+Skot

Jacob Skot was a white plantation owner, born into a family of white plantation owners. His great, great, grandfather was [|one of the original settlers of Jamestown]. His family plantation that was been passed down from generation to generation was located in Richmond, Virginia and was comprised of 1,000 acres and 300 slaves, whom we [|bought and sold at will.] He grew mainly cotton, with some indigo that his slaves used to dye his and his family's clothing. Since his childhood, he hated slaves and blacks. His father, Jasper, taught him that slaves were lazy, weak, and stupid, who were "better off with us" than in their homeland, which was "infected with savages". When Jacob took control of the plantation at 24, he decided that he would enforce a policy of [|cruel punishment for slaves who didn't work ,] due to the fact that by not working, they were being ungrateful. During the 1850s, Jasper became a leading political figure, striving to keep slavery. When the civil war came around, Jacob was happy to secede and sent 15 of his slaves to fight for him in the confederate army. Once the emancipation proclamation issued however, the rest of his slaves revolted and kicked him out of his own plantation. This only inflamed his hatreds towards the blacks and led to his joining of the [|Ku Klux Klan], where he became a [|prominent political figure.] Also, once the South began to be restored and his plantation was returned to him by Andrew Johnson, he became a leader of the democratic redeemers in Virginia, where he led the campaign for [|black codes] and restrictions on [|black rights]

ROBERT BYRD, US senator from West Virginia since 1959, oldest senator in history, former member of KKK