| Contents |
Preface to the paperback edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Introduction : the scalawags and the historians -- Origins of the scalawags, 1865-1867 -- The Republican alternative -- The Democratic counterattack -- The perils of faction -- Moderation in pursuit of justice -- Epilogue: White Republicans after reconstruction -- Appendix A: South Carolina white Republicans a preliminary compendium -- Appendix B: Known Republicans who joined the 1872 Bolting Movement. |
| Summary |
"South Carolina Scalawags tells the familiar story of Reconstruction from a mostly unfamiliar vantage point, that of white southerners who broke ranks and supported the newly recognized rights and freedoms of their black neighbors"--Jacket |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-177) and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| ISBN | 1643362496 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 9781643362496 (paperback) |
