When civilian governments replaced Reconstruction governments in the South, a group of Democrats referred to themselves as "Redeemers" because they saved the?

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12 October, 20:26

When civilian governments replaced Reconstruction governments in the South, a group of Democrats referred to themselves as "Redeemers" because they saved the?

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The "Redeemers" were a group of pro-business, conservative Democrats in the Southern US in the years after the Reconstruction period that followed the Civil War.

The name was a reference to their intention to "redeem" the South from the new order. They were unhappy with the liberal changes that went on during this period, especially the abolition of slavery and the improvement of the conditions of liberated African Americans.