Mississippi plann.

Brit.

/ˌmɪsᵻˈsɪpɪ ˌplan/, U.S.

/ˌmɪsᵻˈsɪpi ˌplæn/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Mississippi , plan n.

Etymology: < the name of the state of Mississippi (see Mississippi n.) + plan n. (see below).

U.S. Now historical.

The plan, adopted by the Democratic Party in Mississippi in 1875, of assuring the political supremacy of white people over black, chiefly by preventing black people from voting, often by the use of intimidation and violence.

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1876 Bangor (Maine) Daily Whig & Courier 19 July 2/2 Democrats..are urging that the State be carried ‘on the Mississippi plan’. They made a good beginning on the Mississippi plan at Hamburg.

1893 Congress. Rec. 6 Oct. 2248/1 The Mississippi plan..is acknowledged to be the most efficacious of all known methods for eliminating the ‘unwelcome voter’.

1941 W. J. Cash Mind of South iii. iii. 427 In the deep South several of the states have turned to more or less modified versions of the so-called Mississippi Plan.

1995 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 6 Apr. 41/1 By the mid-1890s widespread application of the tactics of the ‘Mississippi Plan’—massacres of black voters, literary tests, complicated ballots, and poll taxes—had successfully excluded most blacks from political life throughout the South.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mississippi plan
释义	Mississippi plann. Brit. /ˌmɪsᵻˈsɪpɪ ˌplan/, U.S. /ˌmɪsᵻˈsɪpi ˌplæn/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Mississippi , plan n. Etymology: < the name of the state of Mississippi (see Mississippi n.) + plan n. (see below). U.S. Now historical. The plan, adopted by the Democratic Party in Mississippi in 1875, of assuring the political supremacy of white people over black, chiefly by preventing black people from voting, often by the use of intimidation and violence. ΚΠ 1876 Bangor (Maine) Daily Whig & Courier 19 July 2/2 Democrats..are urging that the State be carried ‘on the Mississippi plan’. They made a good beginning on the Mississippi plan at Hamburg. 1893 Congress. Rec. 6 Oct. 2248/1 The Mississippi plan..is acknowledged to be the most efficacious of all known methods for eliminating the ‘unwelcome voter’. 1941 W. J. Cash Mind of South iii. iii. 427 In the deep South several of the states have turned to more or less modified versions of the so-called Mississippi Plan. 1995 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 6 Apr. 41/1 By the mid-1890s widespread application of the tactics of the ‘Mississippi Plan’—massacres of black voters, literary tests, complicated ballots, and poll taxes—had successfully excluded most blacks from political life throughout the South. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1876
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