Ku Klux Klan: Its Origin, Growth and DisbandmentNeale Publishing Company, 1905 - 198 páginas The KKK's early history from its formation to its first disbandment is revealed with astonishing detail - writing in 1905, the author includes eyewitness accounts from those alive at the time. Following the American Civil War, the emancipation of black Americans occurred - the peoples formerly owned by plantation owners and farmers were accorded freedom, citizenship and rights as citizens of the United States. However, a segment of the population were unhappy with the emancipation of the enslaved - a desire for white domination led many, particularly in the Deep South, to perpetrate violence, mischief and murder. In the southern states, six former officers of the Confederate States of America formed the Ku Klux Klan. Intentionally shrouding the initiation ceremonies, doctrines and customs in mystery, the group was formed to amuse its members and attract public curiosity. Only later, as the group gained in membership and perpetrated violent and murderous acts, did their white hoods and rituals acquire notoriety and become synonymous with white supremacy and menace against the black minority. This book details the formation and progress of the 1st Klan, which operated between the years 1865 and 1871. Authored in 1905, it benefits from eyewitness accounts; at the time, the KKK's first appearance was within living memory, thought a curious event firmly confined to the past. However, a decade after Fleming published this book the KKK was revived, becoming far larger than before. Although overshadowed by later events, histories such as Fleming's shed light on an era of upheaval. Backlash against emancipation was anticipated, and the KKK was not the only extra-judicial group of its kind; although such organizations successfully intimidated many blacks into departing politics, laws and crackdowns by the government contained the organization, albeit temporarily. |
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... courts - martial ; military prisoners were badly mistreated . In general , society and government were in a condition of anarchy ; the white race was disorganized , and the blacks organized , but not for good purposes . General Gordon ...
... courts . These were the explanations of men who were high in the order but who never attended a meeting and were never in actual contact with its workings . Private But members - Ghouls they were called - could have 34 KU KLUX KLAN.
... court - house in every civil district would have been re- quired . The depredations on property by theft and by wanton destruction for the gratifi- cation of petty revenge , were to the last degree annoying . A large part of these ...
... courts could not or would not try them . The policy of the Klan all the while was to deter men from wrongdoing . It was only in rare , excep- tional cases , and these the most aggra- vated , that it undertook to punish . 1 1 " We had ...
... courts in this State , before the impaneling of any grand jury or petit jury in any cause whatever , to inquire of the ... court in this State . SEC . 3. Be it further enacted , That , for the purpose of facilitating the execution of the ...
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Ku Klux Klan: Its Origin, Growth and Disbandment John C. Lester,Daniel Love Wilson Vista completa - 1905 |
Ku Klux Klan: Its Origin, Growth and Disbandment John C. Lester,Daniel Love Wilson Vista completa - 1905 |