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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... Disbandment John C. Lester, Daniel Love Wilson Walter Lynwood Fleming. COPYRIGHT , 1884 , BY J. C. LESTER AND D. L. WILSON COPYRIGHT , 1905 , BY WALTER L. FLEMING 200142 NOTE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT . Assistance was given to me while.
... given to me while searching for information in regard to Ku Klux Klan , by many former members of the order , and by their friends and relatives . Of especial value were the details given to me by Major James R. Crowe , of Sheffield ...
... given the atten- tion it deserved as a historical document.1 At the time of writing , sectional feeling was still inflamed ; the Northern people were not ready to hear anything favorable about the Ku Klux Klan , which they con- sidered ...
... given [ to the negroes ] in Georgia had been carried out to its logical results the negroes would 1 See Ku Klux Report , Georgia Testimony , p . 304 . There have slaughtered whole neighborhoods . " That they did INTRODUCTION 31.
... given to me by him . It is a little brown pam- phlet of sixteen pages , and is reprinted in Appendix I. Randolph stated that he never saw the Revised Prescript . There are two copies of the Revised and Amended Prescript , one in 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 |