Definition of Scalawag: A "Southron who...lives upon the sickening odors of negro love."

Pat Young

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The Edgefield Advertiser was a Conservative Democratic newspaper and fierce opponent of Reconstruction. Here, it quotes the Petersburg Express's definition of the term "Scalawag."

Edgefield Advertiser
Wednesday, Nov 04, 1868
Edgefield, SC
Vol: 33
Page: 4

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