Redemption (end of Reconstruction governments)

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historical period political movement white supremacist movement

Redemption refers to the late-19th-century political movement in the American South in which white Democrats regained control from Reconstruction-era Republican governments, rolling back many advances in Black civil and political rights.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Efforts to end Reconstruction in Alabama	1
Redeemers	1
Redemption (end of Reconstruction governments) canonical	1
Redemption movement	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical period ⓘ political movement ⓘ white supremacist movement ⓘ
aimsAt	overthrow of Reconstruction governments ⓘ restoration of white Democratic control ⓘ rollback of Black civil rights ⓘ rollback of Black political rights ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Redeemer movement ⓘ Redemption ⓘ
followedBy	Jim Crow laws ⓘ surface form: Jim Crow era legal segregation in the American South ⓘ
follows	Reconstruction era ⓘ Reconstruction era ⓘ surface form: Reconstruction governments
hasCause	economic and social anxieties of white Southerners after the Civil War ⓘ opposition to federal intervention in Southern politics ⓘ white resistance to Black political power ⓘ
hasEffect	disenfranchisement of Black voters ⓘ end of most Black officeholding in the South ⓘ implementation of grandfather clauses ⓘ implementation of literacy tests for voting ⓘ implementation of poll taxes ⓘ increase in racial violence ⓘ institutionalization of racial segregation ⓘ restoration of planter-class influence ⓘ rise of one-party Democratic rule in the South ⓘ weakening of federal enforcement of civil rights ⓘ
hasEndTime	circa 1890 ⓘ late 1870s ⓘ
hasLocation	Southern United States ⓘ surface form: American South former Confederate states ⓘ
hasMainSubject	Southern Democrats ⓘ surface form: Democratic Party in the Southern United States white Southern elites ⓘ
hasStartTime	early 1870s ⓘ
ideology	conservatism in the post-Civil War South ⓘ states' rights ⓘ white supremacy ⓘ
influencedBy	Compromise of 1877 ⓘ withdrawal of federal troops from the South ⓘ
opposes	Black political participation ⓘ Republican Party ⓘ surface form: Republican Party in the Reconstruction era
participant	Southern Democrats ⓘ surface form: Conservative Democrats Ku Klux Klan ⓘ Red Shirts ⓘ White League ⓘ
significantEvent	Colfax massacre ⓘ Hamburg massacre ⓘ Mississippi Plan of 1875 ⓘ Wilmington insurrection of 1898 ⓘ
uses	electoral fraud ⓘ intimidation of Black voters ⓘ paramilitary violence ⓘ racial terror ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American South (19th and early 20th centuries) → shapedByEvent → Redemption (end of Reconstruction governments) ⓘ

Reconstruction era → politicalMovement → Redemption (end of Reconstruction governments) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Redemption movement

Red Shirts → relatedTo → Redemption (end of Reconstruction governments) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Redeemers

George S. Houston → notableWork → Redemption (end of Reconstruction governments) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Efforts to end Reconstruction in Alabama