The Scalawag in Alabama Politics, 1865-1881

532 Pages·1977·1.98 MB·English

by  Sarah Woolfolk Wiggins

The Scalawag in Alabama Politics, 1865-
title:
1881
author: Wiggins, Sarah Woolfolk.
publisher: University of Alabama Press
isbn10 | asin: 0817305572
print isbn13: 9780817305574
ebook isbn13: 9780585221380
language: English
Reconstruction--Alabama, Alabama--
Politics and government--1865-1950,
subject
Republican Party.--Alabama, African
Americans--Alabama.
publication date: 1991
lcc: F326.W53 1991eb
ddc: 320.9/761/06
Reconstruction--Alabama, Alabama--
Politics and government--1865-1950,
subject:
Republican Party.--Alabama, African
Americans--Alabama.
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The Scalawag in Alabama Politics
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The Scalawag in Alabama Politics, 18651881
Sarah Woolfolk Wiggins
Winner of the
Mrs. Simon Baruch University Award
of the United Daughters of the Confederacy
The University of Alabama Press
Tuscaloosa and London
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Wiggins, Sarah Woolfolk, 1934
The scalawag in Alabama politics, 18651881.
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
1. ReconstructionAlabama. 2. Alabama
Politics and government18651950. 3. Republican
Party. Alabama. 4. Afro-AmericansAlabama.
I. Title
F326.W53 320.9'761'06 76-56833
ISBN 0-8173-0557-2
Copyright © 1977
Preface Copyright © 1991
The University of Alabama Press
All rights reserved
Manufactured in the United States of America
First paperbound edition 1991
Page v
In Memory of
Robert Nelson Woolfolk
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Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xix
Introduction 1
1. Unionists Have Their Day 5
2. Revolutionary Times 18
3. Crossing the Rubicon 33
4. The Horns of a Dilemma 56
5. Economic and Political Labyrinth 72
6. Total Shipwreck 91
7. At Sea Without a Rudder 108
8. Conclusion 128
Appendix: Republican Nominations and Appointments, 136
Alabama,18681881
Notes 154
Bibliography 191
Index 203
Page viii
Illustrations
Maps
Alabama Gubernatorial Election, 1870 70
Alabama Railroads, 1871 74
Alabama Gubernatorial Election, 1872 84
Drawings
Political Cartoons following page 90