The Readjusters: Virginia's Radical Reformers (Patreon)

The Readjusters: Virginia's Radical Reformers

For a brief moment, ex-Confederates teamed up with ex-slaves to stick it to the rich...and for some reason West Virginia? ➤ Support this channel with my Patreon!: https://www.patreon.com/emperortigerstar 00:00 - Reconstruction 01:17 - State of politics in the 1870s 05:10 - Forming of the Readjuster Party 07:56 - Readjuster rule in Virginia 09:32 - The Danville Massacre and Backlash 10:58 - After the Readjusters Sources: - “The Danville Riot.” Richmond Dispatch, November 4, 1883, Morning edition. - Mahone's Tavern and Museum - Moore, James Tice. Two Paths to the New South: The Virginia Debt Controversy, 1870-1883. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1974. - Pearson, C. C. “The Readjuster Movement in Virginia.” The American Historical Review 21, no. 4 (July 1916): 734–49. Music used: "Americana" by Kevin MacLeod found at www.incompetech.com