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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... obligations were never printed . The by - laws and the ritual of the Pulaski Circle or Den were elab- orate but were in manuscript only . They were quite absurd and were intended only to furnish amusement to the members at the expense ...
... obligation exacted from mem- bers was to maintain profound and abso- lute secrecy with reference to the order and everything pertaining to it . This obliga- tion prohibited those who assumed it from disclosing that they were Ku Klux ...
... obligation to secrecy - were excluded . Nor were those admitted who were addic- ted to the use of intoxicants . Later on in the history they were not so careful , but in the earlier period of its existence the Klan was composed of men ...
... obligation or in any part of the ceremony to favor such a conclusion ; but the impression still remained that this mysteriousness and secrecy , the high - sounding titles of the officers , the grotesque dress of the mem- bers , and the ...
... obligations with- We have seen that the Klan was in the main composed of the very best men in the country - peaceable , law - loving and law - abiding men - men of good habits and character - men of property and intelligence . We have ...
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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 |