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The word scalawag has an uncertain origin. Its earliest attestation is from 1848 to mean a disreputable fellow. [5] It has been speculated that "perhaps the original use of the word" referred to low-grade farm animals, but this meaning of the word was not attested until 1854. [6]
His old friend D.H. Hill wrote to a newspaper: "Our scalawag is the local leper of the community." [271] In contrast to Northerners who moved South and were sometimes referred to as "Carpetbaggers", Hill wrote, Longstreet "is a native, which is so much the worse". [271] Longstreet did not retreat in face of the criticism.
Scalawag is a nickname for Southern whites who supported Reconstruction after the American Civil War. Scalawag may also refer to: Scalawag, a 1973 film directed by Kirk Douglas; Scalawags, a podcast about the Scala programming language; Scalawag, an American nonprofit magazine focused on Southern politics and culture
A century ago (or more), we used more colorful terms to abuse one another. Here are some we need to bring back post haste.
1872 cartoon depiction of Carl Schurz as a carpetbagger. In the history of the United States, carpetbagger is a largely historical pejorative used by Southerners to describe allegedly opportunistic or disruptive Northerners who came to the Southern states after the American Civil War and were perceived to be exploiting the local populace for their own financial, political, or social gain.
The Scalawag in Alabama Politics, 1865—1881 (1991). Williamson, Edward C. Florida Politics in the Gilded Age, 1877–1893 (1976). Woodward, C. Vann. Origins of the New South, 1877–1913 (1951); emphasizes economic conflict between rich and poor. Primary sources
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Franklin J. Moses was a scalawag with great political influence in South Carolina. Scalawags was a derogatory term applied to white southerners who were involved in, and contributed to, Reconstruction laws. Many white southern politicians became Republican scalawags due to the high influx of African-American voters after the Civil War.