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Definition of Scalawags
1. scalawag [n] - See also: scalawag
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scalawags
Literary usage of Scalawags
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society by Mississippi Historical Society, Franklin Lafayette Riley (1912)
"Although the carpetbaggers were a source of great annoyance, the scalawags gave
the greatest amount of trouble in the county. Being natives, they exerted a ..."
2. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 by James Ford Rhodes (1906)
"... somewhat more than 20 carpet-baggers and 29 native Republicans who were called
scalawags: these last two classes were white men. ..."
3. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 by James Ford Rhodes (1906)
"... somewhat more than 20 carpet-baggers and 29 native Republicans who were called
scalawags: these last two classes were white men. ..."
4. A History of the United States Since the Civil War by Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer (1922)
"CARPETBAGGERS AND scalawags Southern people, asked the New Orleans Times. "Is it
their weakness, their utter helplessness, their silent despair which ..."
5. Side Lights on American History by Henry William Elson (1900)
"Carpet-baggers and scalawags When reconstruction was fully accomplished and the
military army withdrawn from the South, there was yet much to be done. ..."
6. Causes and Effects in American History: The Story of the Origin and by Edwin Wilson Morse (1912)
"... when the "carpet-baggers" and "scalawags," as the white Republicans from the
North and of the South were respectively termed, were in full control of ..."
7. Causes and Effects in American History: The Story of the Origin and by Edwin Wilson Morse (1912)
"... when the "carpet-baggers" and "scalawags," as the white Republicans from the
North and of the South were respectively termed, were in full control of ..."
8. Progress of the United States of America in the Century by William Peterfield Trent (1903)
"... in view of their ignorance and the suddenness of their transition from slavery
to freedom. The "carpetbaggers " and " scalawags," as native Southerners ..."
9. Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society by Mississippi Historical Society, Franklin Lafayette Riley (1912)
"Although the carpetbaggers were a source of great annoyance, the scalawags gave
the greatest amount of trouble in the county. Being natives, they exerted a ..."
10. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 by James Ford Rhodes (1906)
"... somewhat more than 20 carpet-baggers and 29 native Republicans who were called
scalawags: these last two classes were white men. ..."
11. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 by James Ford Rhodes (1906)
"... somewhat more than 20 carpet-baggers and 29 native Republicans who were called
scalawags: these last two classes were white men. ..."
12. A History of the United States Since the Civil War by Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer (1922)
"CARPETBAGGERS AND scalawags Southern people, asked the New Orleans Times. "Is it
their weakness, their utter helplessness, their silent despair which ..."
13. Side Lights on American History by Henry William Elson (1900)
"Carpet-baggers and scalawags When reconstruction was fully accomplished and the
military army withdrawn from the South, there was yet much to be done. ..."
14. Causes and Effects in American History: The Story of the Origin and by Edwin Wilson Morse (1912)
"... when the "carpet-baggers" and "scalawags," as the white Republicans from the
North and of the South were respectively termed, were in full control of ..."
15. Causes and Effects in American History: The Story of the Origin and by Edwin Wilson Morse (1912)
"... when the "carpet-baggers" and "scalawags," as the white Republicans from the
North and of the South were respectively termed, were in full control of ..."
16. Progress of the United States of America in the Century by William Peterfield Trent (1903)
"... in view of their ignorance and the suddenness of their transition from slavery
to freedom. The "carpetbaggers " and " scalawags," as native Southerners ..."
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