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The Reconstruction era that followed the American Civil War was a time of great challenge for everybody involved. Having defeated the South, suppressing the revolt and keeping the Union intact, the North gained control of the Confederation. However the states were pardoned upon completion of the ‘ten percent plan’ which allowed the Southern states to rejoin the union if ten percent of the white voters agreed to take an oath of allegiance to the Union. The initial goal of reconstruction was to redistribute the South’s social structure and wealth to that disenfranchised the former African American slaves. As we know, Southern Reconstruction failed to bring sweeping changes to Southern culture and a retreat into old feelings of racism and resentment of the North soon flooded the mindset of the South. The essay will examine an article titled: The Voice of the Carpet bagger …Pub. For the Anti-lynching bureau and was written in 1901 and is a part of the “David Murray Pamphlet Collection” of the Library of Congress. The article is an account of the reconstruction era through the eyes of a Northerner. He shares with us his opinion of the views, beliefs and prejudices held by the inhabitants of the South. The article wi