In the post-US Civil War South, carpetbaggers were Northerners who moved to the South to take advantage of the unstable social, financial, and political climate. They were called "carpetbaggers" to imply that they were such poor, transient characters that they merely moved south carrying all their possessions in a carpet-bag. A carpet-bag, by the way, isn't a bag for carrying carpet, but a soft-sided suitcase or satchel made out of carpet.
Jacob, moved to the South, to take advantage of what he deemed as uneducated idiots, easily taken advantage of.
His Carpetbagger ways, got him tared & feathered, then run out of town on a rail...
His Carpetbagger ways, got him tared & feathered, then run out of town on a rail...
by Scuffed Princess Bubbles January 28, 2021