1794 - 1865
Edmund Ruffin American Scientist
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| First Name |
Edmund
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| Last Name |
Ruffin
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| Birthday |
5th January, 1794
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| Birthplace |
Prince George County, Virginia
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| Died |
17th June, 1865
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| Place of Death |
Redmoor, Amelia County, Virginia, U.S.
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| Buried |
Edmund Ruffin Plantation
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| Zodiac Sign |
Capricorn
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
Planter, agronomist, author, soldier
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| Occupation |
Scientist
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Edmund Ruffin (January 5, 1794 – June 18, 1865) was a wealthy Virginia planter and slaveholder. In the last three decades before the American Civil War, his pro-slavery writings received more attention than his agricultural work. Ruffin staunchly advocated states' rights and slavery, arguing for secession years before the Civil War, and became a political activist with the so-called Fire-Eaters. Ruffin is given credit for "firing the first shot of the war" at the Battle of Fort Sumter in April 1861 and fought as a Confederate soldier despite his advanced age. When the war ended in Southern defeat in 1865, he committed suicide rather than submit to "Yankee rule."
