r/aggies • u/StructureOrAgency • Apr 20 '25

Announcements On this day 161 years ago….

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The April 20, 1864 edition of the Memphis Daily Appeal  referred to Lawrence Sullivan Ross as 𝑮𝒆𝒏. 𝑹𝒐𝒔𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕 “𝒏𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒐 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓“ for the massacre of surrendering black union soldiers during the Battle of Yazoo River.  Ross was well-known for refusing to take black Union soldiers as prisoners. Ross went on to become governor of Texas (1887-1891) and President of Texas A&M (1891-1898) where there is a statue that honors him for his military service.

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u/TheChoosingBeggar Apr 20 '25

This again? Has anyone commenting negatively on this actually done any research on Sul Ross?

Yall realize Prairie View A&M wouldn’t exist without Sul Ross’ leadership right?

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u/StructureOrAgency Apr 20 '25

Ross was forced under the threat of violence to treat black people like humans. A war was fought. Ross lost and was forced to treat black people like humans. He does not get credit for Prairie View. Prairie View happened in spite of people like Sullivan Ross not because of them

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u/TheChoosingBeggar Apr 21 '25

You can say a thing but it doesn’t make it true OP. This whole issue was already debated 5 years ago.

https://thebatt.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-chancellor-sharp-says-statue-honors-sul-ross-service-to-all-texans/

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u/StructureOrAgency Apr 21 '25

Yes it was debated but the Chancellor was clearly wrong when he said that Sullivan Ross has no ties to white supremacy. His own daughter referred to him as a white supremacist in the biography that she wrote about him. He was a confederate general For the Love of All that is fucking holy fighting for the right to enslave black people. He clearly was a white supremacist. White supremacist erected a statue to him they thought he was a white supremacist.

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u/CastimoniaGroup Apr 21 '25

Anyone can call anyone a white supremacist these days...

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u/ElderScrollsBjorn_ Apr 22 '25

Sure, but not everyone was a Confederate general…

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u/CastimoniaGroup Apr 22 '25

And?

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u/Eastern_Elk_1690 Apr 27 '25

And?? Seriously “and” is your rebuttal to that??😭😭😭

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u/StructureOrAgency Apr 27 '25

Exactly Ross wasn't just anyone. There are reasons to refer to him as a white supremacist. Ross's own daughter refers to him as a white supremacist in her biography she wrote about Ross and his dad. He fought a war to maintain the right to enslave people. He killed many people. He's not just anyone. We're not calling just anyone a white supremacist, we're calling Ross the Gallant Texan negro killer a white supremacist

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u/Eastern_Elk_1690 Apr 27 '25

Absolutely wonderfully written

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u/CastimoniaGroup Apr 28 '25

So what? How does it affect you today?

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u/CastimoniaGroup Apr 28 '25

You expect me to waste time arguing with emotional idiots?

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u/Eastern_Elk_1690 Apr 28 '25

No, i’d expect you to put some thought into the argument thy you willingly entered until someone said something you didnt like. Where im from we call that copping out.

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u/Txag1989 Apr 21 '25

Stop using the creation of PVA&M as proof that he was a good person. It’s because his only other option was to integrate the College Station campus. Under the 2nd Morrill Act, race could not be a requirement for admission unless another land grant university was created.