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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... necessary to a clear understanding of the movement to observe that the history of the Klan is marked by two distinct and well defined periods . The first period 1 See above , p . 23 . covers the time from its organization , in 1866 ...
... necessary to de- scribe it somewhat minutely , because of its bearing on subsequent events . When the war ended , the young men of Pulaski , who had escaped death on the battlefield , returned home and passed through a period of ...
... 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 while THE ...
... necessary that there should be interference on the part of the Government . In September , 1868 , the Legislature of Tennessee , in obedience to the call of Governor Brownlow , assembled in extra session and passed a most strin- gent ...
... necessary , in the opinion of the court , that the same should be made public . SEC . 14. Be it further enacted , That it shall be the duty of all the judges in this State to read this act to the grand juries , and give it especially in ...
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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 |