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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas - Carpetbaggers and Scalawags.	Gloria Lotha	Apr 23, 2024
	Add new Web site: 64 Parishes - Carpetbaggers and Scalawags.	Gloria Lotha	Jul 20, 2023
	Article thoroughly revised.	Jeff Wallenfeldt	Aug 23, 2019
	Add new Web site: United States History - Scalawags and Carpetbaggers.	Gloria Lotha	Jan 20, 2011
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998