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The Louisiana scalawags : politics, race, and terrorism during the Civil War and Reconstruction
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During the Civil War and Reconstruction, the pejorative term ""scalawag"" referred to white southerners loyal to the Republican Party. With the onset of the federal occupation of New Orleans in 186...
During the Civil War and Reconstruction, the pejorative term ""scalawag"" referred to white southerners loyal to the Republican Party. With the onset of the federal occupation of New Orleans in 1862, scalawags challenged the restoration of the antebellum political and social orders. Derided as opportunists, uneducated ""poor white trash, "" Union sympathizers, and race traitors, scalawags remain largely misunderstood even today. In The Louisiana Scalawags, Frank J. Wetta offers the first in-depth analysis of these men and their struggle over the future of Louisiana. A significant assessment of.
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- Creator
- Frank J. Wetta
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, ©2012
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- 1 online resource
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- ISBNs
- 0807147478, 9780807147474, 9780807147467, 080714746X, 9780807147481, 0807147486, 9780807147498, 0807147494, 9780807147467, 080714746X
- OCLC
- ocn823040708
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English.
- The scalawags in "the land of jubilee" : myth, memory, and the historians -- Backstory : the origins of the Louisiana scalawags -- "The rainbow of happiness" : the scalawags' unionist connection -- "Minds and hearts" : the scalawags, unionism, and the making of the Republican Party in Louisiana -- "What the hell is your hide worth today?" : the scalawags and the New Orleans riot of 1866 -- The scalawags and the carpetbag prince -- "Doom for the traitor" : bulldozing the scalawags -- After the deluge : the scalawags and the waning of Louisiana republicanism -- The scalawags in retrospect
Subjects
- Republican Party (La.) -- History -- 19th century.
- Louisiana -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
- Louisiana -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Louisiana.
- White people -- Louisiana -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
- Louisiana -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
- Terrorism -- Political aspects -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century.