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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... passed " out of the hands of warriors into the hands of squaws . " General Edmund W. Pettus , now U. S. Senator from Alabama , said that the entire Reconstruction was in violation of the understanding made at the surrender of the ...
... passed away . It was formally disbanded before the evil results of carpet bag governments could be seen . When it went out of existence in 1869 , there had been few outrages , but its name and prestige lived after it and served to hide ...
... passed through a period of enforced inactivity . In some respects it was more trying than the ordeal of war which lay behind them . The reaction which followed the excitement of army scenes and service was intense . There was nothing to ...
... passed away . But in this case there was a weird potency in the very name Ku Klux Klan . Let the reader pro- nounce it aloud . The sound of it is sug- gestive of bones rattling together ! The potency of the name was not wholly in the ...
... 1 It will be remembered that in March , 1857 , the Reconstruction Acts were passed and that in April , 1867 , the Reconstruction was beginning . -Editor . 1 The prevalent idea was that the Klan contemplated some THE SPREAD OF THE KLAN 71.
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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 |