scalawags

Now, the scalawags were the Southerners, who supported the Union in the Civil War.

Interview Of The President By Rolling Stone Magazine ITY National Archives 2000

The corruption resulted largely from the work of the interlopers from the North and the "scalawags," using the

The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 Various

Yet in spite of her disapproval, Debbie gave the young "scalawags" the best breakfast she could make, and from the way the young "scalawags" did justice to it, one might have thought they did not expect to get any more to eat for a week at least.

Billie Bradley on Lighthouse Island The Mystery of the Wreck Janet D. Wheeler

The few southern gentlemen who did affiliate with the Negroes were dubbed "scalawags" by their former friends and cast out of southern society.

The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 Various

States, and denunciations of the "scalawags" who, he said, "were the pests of the reconstructed States of the South."

Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History 1906

Completely disguised by masks and outlandish dresses, the members rode at night, and whipped, maimed, and even murdered the objects of their wrath, who were either negroes who had become local political leaders, or carpetbaggers, or "scalawags," as the Southern whites who supported the negro cause were called. \% 501.

A School History of the United States John Bach McMaster 1892

"scalawags" in these states outnumber the party in

Tupelo John Hill 1862

I don't know what kind of scalawags we're up against, but we've got to be mighty careful. "

Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good Albert Walter Tolman

You mean when you made me ride without stopping for a day and a half, and you left me under a tree at the mercy of whatever scalawags came by?

Judge deveraux The Scent of Jasmine 2011

Generally the Founding Fathers are exempt from such derision, making it tempting to believe that America's first politicians were of a more pristine character than our present-day scalawags.

In Brief: American History 2011