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Carpetbagger, derogatory term originally used in the U.S. during the Reconstruction period (1865–77) to denote a Northerner who moved to the South. It was applied to politicians and financial adventurers whom Southerners accused of coming south to use the newly enfranchised freedmen to obtain office or profit.
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