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- Scalawag - Wikipedia
In United States history, scalawag (sometimes spelled scallawag or scallywag) was a pejorative slur that referred to white Southerners who supported Reconstruction policies and efforts after the conclusion of the American Civil War
- Scalawag | History Facts | Britannica
Scalawag, after the American Civil War, a pejorative term for a white Southerner who supported the federal plan of Reconstruction or who joined with the black freedmen and the so-called carpetbaggers in support of Republican Party policies
- What’s the difference between a carpetbagger and a scalawag? - HISTORY
Although the exact origins of scalawag are unknown, it was in use in the United States before the Civil War as a term for both a farm animal of little value and a ne’er-do-well individual
- SCALAWAG Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of SCALAWAG is scamp, reprobate How to use scalawag in a sentence
- Scalawags, Summary, Facts, Significance - American History Central
The term “scalawag” comes from a Scottish word for “rascals ” Scalawags were white Southerners who cooperated with the Republican Party during the Reconstruction Era
- SCALAWAG | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
Scalawag laments that they have succumbed to their desires without considering the consequences
- Scalawag - Civil War Monitor
The term “scalawag,” used before and during the War to describe undesirable creatures—from animals to people—came to be associated during Reconstruction with white Southerners who supported the Republican Party
- Scalawag: The Ultimate Guide to a Controversial Reconstruction-Era Term
A Political Insult, Not a Legal Crime: A scalawag was a white Southerner who supported the Republican Party's Reconstruction policies after the Civil War; it was a term of social and political condemnation, not a formal crime
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