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- Edmund_Ruffin abstract "Edmund Ruffin (January 5, 1794 – June 18, 1865) was a wealthy Virginia planter and slaveholder who in the 1850s was a political activist known as one of the Fire-Eaters. He advocated states' rights and justified slavery, arguing for secession years before the Civil War. Ruffin was credited as "firing the first shot of the war" at the Battle of Fort Sumter; he served 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."Ruffin's chief legacy is his pioneering work in methods to preserve and improve soil productivity; he recommended crop rotation and additions to restore soils exhausted from tobacco monoculture. Early in his career, he studied bogs and swamps to learn how to correct soil acidity. He published essays and in 1852 a book on his findings for improving soils. He has become known as "the father of soil science" in the United States. He was among a circle of intellectuals who sought reformation in the South.He also wrote books on slavery and the economy of the South, and a comparison between conditions of slavery and those of free labor in the North. In the last three decades before the Civil War, such pro-slavery writings received more attention than his agricultural work. Ruffin wrote in his diary in January 1859, "I have had more notice taken on my late pamphlet [on slavery] than on anything I ever wrote before." In 1989, at a time of increased scholarly attention to southern intellectuals, his diary was edited and published posthumously by Louisiana State University Press. The Edmund Ruffin Plantation, also known as Marlbourne, has been designated as a National Historic Landmark.".
- Edmund_Ruffin birthDate "1794-01-05".
- Edmund_Ruffin birthPlace Prince_George_County.
- Edmund_Ruffin birthPlace Prince_George_County,_Virginia.
- Edmund_Ruffin birthPlace Virginia.
- Edmund_Ruffin birthYear "1794".
- Edmund_Ruffin deathCause Suicide.
- Edmund_Ruffin deathDate "1865-06-17".
- Edmund_Ruffin deathDate "1865-06-18".
- Edmund_Ruffin deathPlace Amelia_County,_Virginia.
- Edmund_Ruffin deathPlace Hanover_County,_Virginia.
- Edmund_Ruffin deathYear "1865".
- Edmund_Ruffin relative William_Randolph.
- Edmund_Ruffin restingPlace Edmund_Ruffin_Plantation.
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- Edmund_Ruffin wikiPageWikiLinkText "Edmund Ruffin".
- Edmund_Ruffin birthDate "1794-01-05".
- Edmund_Ruffin birthPlace "Prince George County, Virginia, U.S.".
- Edmund_Ruffin caption "ca. 1861".