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What did the term of Redemption mean for the South after the US Civil War?
ChuckSiata
The process by which white southerners took back their State governments from Republicans was called Redemption. This term had religious roots. It had widespread use in the United States before the US Civil War. Protestant evangelicals often used it in reference to the process by whicj Jesus Christ sacrificed His life to pay for the sins of mankind. Thus to evangelicals the sinners of the world were redeemed from the wrath of God. For people at that time in America the term implied a "new birth".
Thus with that said, the former Confederates spoke of redeeming their States from Union control which they had as a result of the Civil War. The high minded process covered two things. As Jesus died, so did the old South. And as Jesus returned from the dead, so too would the South.
With all this said, it's vital that we don't look back on the South from our perspective here in 2014. The only way to understand this, as with so much of history, is to realize that a world view from 150 years ago, or from any amount of time in all types of circumstances, brings us closer to a better understanding of events. And, understanding does not mean it needs to support or not support what has happened so long ago.
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