United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Hild, Matthew2009-10-29Encyclopedia article about redemption. In the context of southern politics the term Redemption refers to the overthrow or defeat of Radical Republicans (white and black) by white Democrats, marking the end of the Reconstruction era in the South. In addition to its biblical allusions, the term also underscores the widely held belief among white southerners of that era that the Republican state regimes that ruled during Reconstruction had been inefficient and corrupt, and that the "Redeemers" who reestablished white Democratic control of the state also restored effective and honest government. In recent years historians have come to avoid the term because of both the bias it suggests and the very different way in which modern scholars interpret the overthrow of Reconstruction.GSE identifier: SS8H6text/htmlengForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--GeorgiaGeorgia--Politics and government--19th centuryPolitical parties--GeorgiaRedemptionText