A southerner who supported Republican reconstruction of the South was often called a scalawag.
Scalawag
Scalawags were southern whites who supported Reconstruction and the Republican Party after the American Civil War. Samuel F. Phillips was perhaps the most famous scalawag.
Scalawags were Southerners who agreed to work with the Republican government of Andrew Johnson, which was unfriendly to the South. Carpetbaggers were Northerners who came South to exploit the low wages - perfectly legal, but they were viewed as mean and unpleasant people.
scalawags
Scalawags were white Southerners who supported Reconstruction policies and efforts after the conclusion of the American Civil War.
Scalawags were white Southerners who supported Reconstruction policies and efforts after the conclusion of the American Civil War.
A southerner who supported the Republican Party.
"Scalawag" was a term used in the American South after the Civil War to describe white Southern individuals who were perceived as traitors to the Southern cause. They were often seen as supporting Reconstruction policies and the integration of the newly freed African Americans into society. The term was used pejoratively to criticize those who were viewed as disloyal to the traditional Southern way of life.
Get Back here, You SCAlAWAG!
A scalawag is a person who behaves badly or dishonestly.
A scalawag is a white Southerner who works for or supports the fedaral government during reconstruction; and a carpetbagger is a Northerner who wnt South after the Civil War for political or financial reason.
The cast of The Scalawag - 1912 includes: Jack Conway as Lem - the Scalawag
A southerner who supported Republican reconstruction of the South was often called a scalawag.
Scalawag - 1973 is rated/received certificates of: USA:G
(A scalawag was a US southerner who supported the policies of Reconstruction after the Civil War.)"It was not unusual for a scalawag to be run out of town by the families of Confederate veterans.""A scalawag was usually out to gain money or power by supporting the actions of the carpetbaggers from the North."
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