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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961386103321

Autore

Wiggins Sarah Woolfolk <1934->

Titolo

The scalawag In Alabama politics, 1865–1881 / / Sarah Woolfolk Wiggins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University, Ala. : , : University of Alabama Press, , 1977

©1977

ISBN

0-8173-8928-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations

Disciplina

320.9/761/06

Soggetti

African Americans - Alabama

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) - Alabama

Alabama Politics and government 1865-1950

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography (p. [191]-202) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Unionists Have Their Day -- 2. Revolutionary Times -- 3. Crossing the Rubicon -- 4. The Horns of a Dilemma -- 5. Economic and Political Labyrinth -- 6. Total Shipwreck -- 7. At Sea Without a Rudder -- 8. Conclusion -- Appendix: Republican Nominations and Appointments, Alabama, 1868-l881 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Who was this scalawag?Simply a native, white, Alabama Republican!Scorned by his fellow white Southerners, he suffered, in his desire for socioeconomic reform and political power, more than mere verbal abuse and social ostracism; he lived constantly under the threat of physical violence.