Solomon Dill
Solomon George Washington Dill was a Republican legislator in South Carolina during the Reconstruction Era. He was married to Rebecca Dill and though his birthday is unknown, he was estimated to be between 45 and 50 at the time of his death. Under the Reconstruction Acts enacted by congress, federal military troops remained and were in charge of much of the South until the state could prove that they had met all of the qualifications to be self-governing. Because of this, Army 1st Lieutenant George Price headed the investigation into Solomon Dill’s assassination. According to his investigation, Dill was native to South Carolina, had “a fair education” and “some property.” Dill helped draft the 1868 South Carolina Constitution and was elected to multiple government positions during his political career. Though he was white, his supporters were largely made up of recently freed African Americans because of his liberal views on equality. "The Greenville Enterprise" reported there was a large funeral procession exclusively of blacks and noted arrests were made but cast doubt on whether there was evidence against the "respectable white men" taken into custody.
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Solomon Dill
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