What did southerners referred to their resumption of power in the region as?
History · High School · Thu Feb 04 2021
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Southerners referred to their resumption of power in the South after the period of Reconstruction as the "Redemption." This term was used to describe the political process by which white Democrats regained control of the South's state governments, ending the efforts of Reconstruction to address the issues of former slaves' rights and integration into society following the Civil War. The Redeemers were a political coalition in the South, who sought to oust the Republican coalitions of freedmen, "carpetbaggers," and "scalawags." They typically supported the reestablishment of racial segregation and the disenfranchisement of African Americans.