The "Redeemers" were a political coalition in the Southern United States during the Reconstruction era, who sought to oust the Radical Republican coalition of Freedmen, carpetbaggers and Scalawags. They were the southern wing of the Bourbon Democrats, the conservative, pro-business wing of the Democratic Party. History portraying the Democratic Party's efforts to reach out to newly-enfranchised African-American voters]]Between 1868 and the Compromise of 1877, in the process known as Redemption, Redeemers won many state and local offices by appealing to Scalawags (white Southerners who supported the Republican Party after the civil war and during the time of reconstruction). Their program emphasized opposition to the Radical Republican system that they considered to be corrupt and a violation of true republican principles. They denounced high taxes and high state debts. Once in power, they typically cut government spending; shorten

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