| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 112.2

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| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 112.2 | The History Cooperative

Hyman Rubin III. South Carolina Scalawags. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press. 2006. Pp. xxviii, 192. $29.95.
Hyman Rubin III has produced a sound study examining the role of southern white Republicans (scalwags) in Reconstruction South Carolina. His book takes its place in a growing list of works dealing with this highly charged period. In keeping with historiographical trends of the last half century, Rubin takes a revisionist and positive look at Republicanism in the state where the Civil War began. Rubin's focus, most specifically, contributes to the continuing rejuvenation of the reputation of a long-reviled southern political breed: the scalawag.	1
South Carolina proves a revealing state in which to examine Republicanism. Largely because there were at least for a time more black than white voters, the Republican Party did well there. If the equitable distribution of office is any indication, South Carolinians may have come the closest to establishing a biracial democracy. Blacks dominated the legislature and the state's congressional delegation. The state was one of the last holdouts before Redemption and Democratic rule.	. . .

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