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.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Redeemers	0	1
Redemption movement	0	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 (3)

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

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

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