Mississippi Scheme

English

Proper noun

the Mississippi Scheme

  1. (France, historical) A financial scheme devised by John Law in 18th-century France.
    Synonym: Mississippi Bubble
  2. (US, historical) A political strategy used by white Democrats in Mississippi during the Reconstruction era, by intimadting black voters and to guarantee that white Democrats would take control of the state government.
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