The Klan targeted newly freed slaves, carpetbaggers and scalawags, and the occupying Union army. The Klan and its counterparts threatened and even lynched African-Americans, northern carpetbaggers, and Southern "scalawags". Dixon's Reconstruction-era novels depict Northerners as greedy carpetbaggers and white Southerners as victims. Locals claimed this was the work of "ruffians" from border states and carpetbaggers. The Redeemers are revealed to be as venal as the carpetbaggers. Many carpetbaggers returned to the North or joined the Redeemers. Politically, the carpetbaggers were usually dominant; they comprised the majority of Republican governors and congressmen. They often accused northern Carpetbaggers who tried to help freed slaves of corruption. They alleged widespread corruption by the "carpetbaggers," excessive state spending, and ruinous taxes. Delany also argued against carpetbaggers and black candidates for office when he saw fit. "The Carpetbaggers" at No.3 and "The Dream Merchants" in the sixth spot. The 801st Bomb Group became best known as the Carpetbaggers. The album features a duet with Elvis Costello, "Carpetbaggers". "The Carpetbaggers" (1964); the couple had a son, Christian (born 1968). They assumed the black vote was controlled by carpetbaggers.