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Dissertation Information for Hyman S. Rubin III

NAME:
- Hyman S. Rubin III

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- History

SCHOOL:
- Emory University (USA) (2001)

ADVISORS:
- James L Roark

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- Dan T. Carter
- Elizabeth Fox-Genovese

MPACT Status: Fully Complete

Title: The South Carolina scalawags

Abstract: This study tells the story of the South Carolina scalawags--those native whites who joined the South Carolina Republican party after it was founded after the Civil War. Along with the "carpetbaggers" (northern men who moved to the South and participated in southern politics) and the freedmen (who predominated numerically in the Republican party), the scalawags sought to reshape South Carolina politics to make it more democratic and inclusive. Their efforts in this direction were opposed by most white South Carolinians, who were willing to use any means at their disposal, including assassination, to reimpose white supremacy.

This study elucidates the scalawags' backgrounds, actions, and fates, while telling the familiar story of Reconstruction--white Democrats versus black Republicans--from an unfamiliar perspective, that of white southerners who broke ranks and supported the rights of their black neighbors. Their reasons for doing so varied widely, but most commonly centered on resentment of the old ruling class, the planters who had dominated the state for so long and had led it to ruin in the Civil War.

Republicans succeeded in creating a much more representative and responsive government than any the state had seen before or would see for generations. During its heyday the party began to attract more and wealthier white South Carolinians. Nevertheless, these years also saw disturbing trends toward factionalism and corruption within southern Republican governments, trends in which scalawags took part. These failings led to the abandonment of southern Republicans by the federal government, allowing southern Democrats to overthrow the state government by force. After Reconstruction most scalawags saw continuing political involvement as futile, but some remained as prominent Republicans well into the twentieth century.

MPACT Scores for Hyman S. Rubin III

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calculated 2008-02-03 00:05:18

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