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White southerners who cooperated with radical recontruction were called "scalawags". I'm sorry they are not called radicals.
Scalawags
Yes. Scalawag was the name used by Southern Democrats for white Southern Republicans who worked in Reconstruction governments.
The freedmen provided cheap labor and expertise skills in the reconstruction governments.
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scalawags
Historically, Southerners who supported reconstruction were often called scalawags.
Scalawags
Southerners who supported the Republican party and were in favor of Reconstruction were known by the pejorative term "Scalawags" in the south. They were vilified by the pro-federation southern majority that considered "radical" notions like desegregation and integration degenerate "Northern" ideals.
Scalawags
They were called Scalawags. They intended on supporting the South in Reconstruction. The ones who took advantage of the Reconstruction era were carpetbaggers.
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Freedmen, Scalawags, And Carpet-Baggers
Southern white Republicans 'scalawags'
Carpetbaggers and scalawags gained the most from reconstruction.
Some Southern whites saw an advantage in supporting the Republicans and the Reconstruction. They were referred to as scalawags.