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I was unsettled by how the slaves seemed to buy into the paternalism theory. They did not seem to be upset or angry to be slaves at all; rather, they seemed quite content. It also seemed like the slaves were friends with the O'Hara's instead of forced labor. --Anna Holman | I was unsettled by how the slaves seemed to buy into the paternalism theory. They did not seem to be upset or angry to be slaves at all; rather, they seemed quite content. It also seemed like the slaves were friends with the O'Hara's instead of forced labor. --Anna Holman | ||
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| + | In class we defined carpetbaggers as northerners who came to the south after the war who may or may not have wanted to exploit the south and those who inhabited it. Scalawags were from the South and were southerners who supported the union or the Republican party later on. With that being said, Scarlett called a man (I can't remember his name but the man who married the "white trash" woman and made an offer to Scarlet about her house after her taxes were raised) a carpetbagger even though he should have been called a scalawag. I wonder if the reason for this was because the term "carpetbagger" would have been more well known or understood by an audience more than the term "scalawag" would have been. -Amy V. | ||
== The movie as a primary source about the time/people who made it == | == The movie as a primary source about the time/people who made it == | ||
