A young people's history of Virginia and Virginians .. . t of theaffairs of Virginia, the negroes were soon allowed to voteand hold office. With them were joined white adventu-rers from the North, known as ^ carpet-baggers, who camedown to share in what spoils were left by the war. Thesewere called carpet-baggers because they had no interestand no property in the State except such as they broughtin their travelling satchels, and were supposed to come tosecure what plunder they could and then return to theNorth with it. To these were joined a more unfortunateclass still, who, born and reared am
A young people's history of Virginia and Virginians .. . t of theaffairs of Virginia, the negroes were soon allowed to voteand hold office. With them were joined white adventu-rers from the North, known as ^ carpet-baggers, who camedown to share in what spoils were left by the war. Thesewere called carpet-baggers because they had no interestand no property in the State except such as they broughtin their travelling satchels, and were supposed to come tosecure what plunder they could and then return to theNorth with it. To these were joined a more unfortunateclass still, who, born and reared amongst us, and in a fewshameful instances of the better class of native Virgi-nians, sought to win pardon and favor from our cou- 206 History of Virginia and Virginians. querors by joining in this degrading oppression of theirown people. Division of the State.—West Virginia had been cut offfrom Virginia during the war and made into a separateState in violation of the Constitution. This reduced thewhole population of Old Virginia to 1,225,103. Of these. CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS MONUMENT, HOLLYWOOD. 712,089 were whites and 513,074 negroes. In the cities ofRichmond, Lynchburg, Petersburg and Norfolk the negroesequalled or probably exceeded the whites in numbers. Energy of the Natives.—All of us had to work for our liv-ing. The negroes had all of their lives been accustomed History of Virginia and Virginians. 207 to this, and they were favored by our conquerors. Manyof the white people were unaccustomed to labor, or any me-nial service, and now for the first time had to go to hardwork, each man doing what his hands found to do, andin a few years Virginia and her people resumed theirplace in the Union. Self-Control of the People.—By a wonderful self-controland wisdom she has accomplished this. She quietly en-dured for years the rule of the bayonet, and the insolence ofoffice of Governor Pierpoint and the military governors ap-pointed to rule over her, of the freedmans agents and of
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