James Shepherd Pike was a Maine Yankee, a Republican, and an Abolitionist. Here is his personal account of reconstruction in South Carolina. A story of scoundrels, scalawags, and carpetbaggers; of bribery, corruption, and incompetence.Published in 1874, The Prostrate State rocked the North. It weakened resolve to continue military rule and helped return traditional Southern ruling classes to power.

Excerpt from The Prostrate State: South Carolina Under Negro Government Method by which it seems to me its Africaniza tion can be prevented, and suggested some of the considerations which should inspire an effort to prevent such a result. But it may turn out that there is a wide difference between what can be done and what will be done. The white people of South Carolina may permit what they might prevent. The decision of the case rests mainly with them. But their course in the present crisis of their fortunes is not a matter of interest to themselves alone; it deeply concerns the people of the other States, and it is their attention that I invoke to the following exposition. The facts challenge the thoughtful consideration of every man who does not believe that our political sys. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Literature Review from the year 2018 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 100, , course: Academic, language: English, abstract: The book, ‘The Prostrate State: South Carolina Under Negro Government,’ was written by James Shepherd Pike. It was initially published in the year 1874. However, its reprint has been done in 2016. James Shepherd Pike, who was a veteran anti-slavery journalist in 1873, was sent to South Carolina as a reporter. He was then working under the New York Tribune as a report to provide a progressive report of state’s reconstruction government. During this period, James wrote some articles that were published in the New York. The articles were later combined to form a book titled, the prostrate state. According to James, the government of southern Carolina was politically corrupt, and there was intense public embezzlement of the public funds. The aim of this essay is to provide a comprehensive review of the chapter of the ‘The Prostrate State: South Carolina Under Negro Government.’

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.

Published in 1874 and written during the session of the South Carolina Legislature in February and March of 1873. Interesting look into the South Carolina government's struggle of race and what direction the state would go shortly after emancipation.