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A Sept. 1868 cartoon in Alabama's Independent Monitor, threatening that the Ku Klux Klan (represented by a Democratic donkey, reflecting the status of the Klan at the time as a functional auxiliary of the contemporary Southern Democratic Party) would lynch scalawags (left) and carpetbaggers (right) on March 4, 1869, predicted as the first day of Democrat Horatio Seymour's presidency (the ...
The word was used to great effect by King Viserys I Targaryen on “House of the Dragon” when he got mad at his scalawag brother Daemon. This article was originally published on Cheapism Old ...
Josiah Dunlow - 1st North Carolina Union Volunteers. The term Southern Unionist, and its variations, incorporate a spectrum of beliefs and actions.Some, such as Texas governor Sam Houston, were vocal in their support of Southern interests, but believed that those interests could best be maintained by remaining in the Union as it existed.
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 magazine is a left-wing, [1] progressive [4] outlet targeting southern audiences and documenting a range of issues with "movement journalism." [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Although it started primarily with volunteer labor and approximately 250 freelance writers and photographer, in 2018 the organization shifted to a membership model and offered events in ...
At only 1/8-inches thick, my current pad doesn’t offer much support or comfort while standing at the sink doing dishes night after night. My friend who has a Ruggable in her living room, however ...
Scalawag is a 1973 film directed by Kirk Douglas, his first of two films directed, the other being Posse. The film is a western re-telling of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson . Plot
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