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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... deemed necessary only to post notices of warning , which , in some cases , were sufficient to alarm the victims sufficiently to induce them to reform in their behavior . " - Ryland Randolph . CHAPTER IV . THE DECLINE . Closer For a ...
... deems this order due to the public , due to the Klan , and due to those who are misguided and misinformed . We , there- fore , request that all newspapers who are friendly to law , and peace , and the public welfare , will publish the ...
... deem expedient to impart . And it shall further be his du- ty to keep by his G Scribe a list of the names ( without any caption or explanation whatever ) of the Grand Dragons of the different Realms of his Empire , and shall number such ...
... deems it expedient , to preserve order in his Den , and to impose fines for irregularities or disobedience of orders , and to receive and initiate candidates for admission into the * after the same shall have been pronounced competent ...
... deem it necessary and indispensable to levy the same . Sec . 3 . A further source of revenue to Realms shall be ten per cent . of all the revenue of Domin- ions , and a tax upon Dominions when the Grand Dragon shall deem such tax ...
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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 |