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Curtis Strite

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3y ago
Updated: 1/20/2022

A derogatory term applied to Northerners who migrated south during the Reconstruction to take advantage of opportunities to advance their own fortunes by buying up land from desperate Southerners and by manipulating new black voters to obtain lucrative government contracts.

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Curtis Strite

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