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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... period . Many of the members of the Klan who had been hunted for their 1 Cutler , in his " Lynch Law , " p . 139 , is the first writer outside of the South who has paid serious attention to this history of Ku Klux Klan . lives , and who ...
... period and those who understand the conditions of that time . The remnants of such a secret , illegal order were certain to degenerate finally into violence , but before it reached this stage it had accomplished much good in reducing to ...
... period , As one ex - member said : " Nearly all prominent men - ex - Confederates - in all the Southern states were connected in some way with the Klan . ” This is true only indirectly . Nearly all white men , it may be said , took part ...
... period convulsed the country and attracted the attention of the civilized world . Proclamations were fulminated against the Klan by the Pres- ident and by the Governors of States ; and hostile statutes were enacted both by State and ...
... period contains but little of general interest , but it is 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 ...
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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 |