The Scalawags : southern dissenters in the Civil War and Reconstruction
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Baggett, James Alex.
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Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State University. Libraries)
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Confederate States of America -- Politics and government.
Dissenters -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Politicians -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Public opinion -- Southern States.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Southern States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865.
Southern States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
Unionists (United States Civil War) -- History.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Public opinion.
White people -- Southern States -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Dissenters
History
Politicians
Politics and government
Public opinion
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Southern States
Unionists (United States Civil War)
United States -- Confederate States of America
United States -- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
White people -- Politics and government
Other Subjects
Abweichende Meinung
Amerikaanse burgeroorlog.
Confederate States of America -- Politics and government.
Dissidenten.
Dissidents -- États-Unis (Sud) -- Histoire -- 19e siècle.
Opinion publique -- États-Unis (Sud)
Politiciens -- États-Unis (Sud) -- Histoire -- 19e siècle.
Politik
Reconstruction (1865-1877)
Reconstruction -- United States -- Officials and employees.
Sezessionskrieg -- 1861-1865
Unionisme.
Unionistes (Guerre de Sécession américaine) -- Histoire.
United States -- History -- 1865-1900.
United States, Southern States -- History.
USA -- Südstaaten
États confédérés d'Amérique -- Politique et gouvernement.
États-Unis (Sud) -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1775-1865.
États-Unis (Sud) -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1865-1950.
États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) -- Opinion publique.

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xvi, 323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-307) and index.
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"In Thomas Dixon's novel that became the film The Birth of a Nation, the scalawag - a white southerner who supported Congressional Reconstruction and the Republican Party - is summarized as a "Judas Iscariot who sold his people for thirty pieces of silver, which he got for licking the feet of his conqueror and fawning on his Negro allies." Departures from this stereotypical view have appeared slowly since the 1940s as important revisionist historians dispelled the negative connotations surrounding scalawags - but only on a state-by-state basis."
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"James Alex Baggett's The Scalawags uncovers the genesis of scalawag leaders in the entire former Confederacy. Taking the period of the 1850s to 1870s, Baggett uses a collective biography approach to compile profiles of 742 scalawag-Republicans, whom he then compares and contrasts with their counterparts - 666 redeemer-Democrats who opposed and replaced them. Significantly, he analyzes this rich data by region - the Upper South, the Southeast, and the Southwest - as well as for the South as a whole."
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"Baggett follows the life of each scalawag before, during, and after the war, revealing real personalities and not mere statistics. Examining such features as birthplace, vocation, estate, slaveholding status, education, political antecedents and experience, stand on secession, Republican Party involvement, war record, and postwar political activities, he finds striking uniformity among scalawags despite their regional differences and varying circumstances."
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"This first Southwide study of the scalawags rescues from the shadows once-vilified men who are vital to understanding Reconstruction and illustrates the events surrounding their political decisions. Its scope and astounding wealth in quantity and quality of sources - census data, manuscripts, and newspapers, to name a few - make it the definitive work on the subject."--Jacket
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Baggett, J. A. (2003). The Scalawags: southern dissenters in the Civil War and Reconstruction . Louisiana State University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Baggett, James Alex. 2003. The Scalawags: Southern Dissenters in the Civil War and Reconstruction. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Baggett, James Alex. The Scalawags: Southern Dissenters in the Civil War and Reconstruction Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2003.

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Baggett, J. A. (2003). The scalawags: southern dissenters in the civil war and reconstruction. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Baggett, James Alex. The Scalawags: Southern Dissenters in the Civil War and Reconstruction Louisiana State University Press, 2003.

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