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SCALAWAG was a post civil war, reconstruction era term of insult for a white southerner who supported reconstruction efforts. The word comes down through the English language with various meanings over time, such as "farm laborer", "disreputable fellow", "habitual jokster", and early definition uses it as "undersized or worthless animal".
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Unflattering name for a white southern republican?
Scalawag
What is an example of a 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.
Who is A white southerner who supported republican reconstruction after the civil war?
scalawags
How would the confederates and sympathizers be treated after the war?
It depended whether you were willing to work with the Republican government. If you were, you would be called a 'Scalawag'.
What was a southerner who supported republican reconstruction of the south called?
A southerner who supported Republican reconstruction of the South was often called a scalawag.
