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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... singular fact that the members of the Klan were themselves the first to feel its weird influence ; they had adopted a mysterious name . Thereupon the origi- nal plan was modified so as to make every- thing 56 KU KLUX KLAN.
... thing connected with the order harmonize with the name . Amusement was still the end in view . ) ) – But now the method by which they pro- pose to win it were those of secrecy and mystery . So when the report of the com- mittee on rules ...
... the Confederate dead , who had arisen from their graves in order to wreak vengeance on an undesirable class of both white and black men . " - Ryland Randolph . As every one knows , the condition of things was THE SPREAD of the Klan 75.
... things was wholly anomalous , but no one can fully appreciate the circumstances by which the people of the South were sur- rounded except by personal observation and experience ; and no one who is not fully acquainted with all the facts ...
... When masks and disguises ceased to be mys- terious , secrecy was weakness , One of the most important things done by this Nashville convention was to make a positive and emphatic declaration of the principles of the 86 KU KLUX KLAN.
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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 |