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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... violence committed under cloak of the order they went too far in the direction of apologetic explanation . Con- sequently , the causes seem somewhat trivial and the results not very important . " It would seem from their account that ...
... violence , but before it reached this stage it had accomplished much good in reducing to order the social chaos , In view of the fact that the Lester and Wilson account does not mention names it will be of interest to examine the ...
... violence by alien whites of low character . The latter or- ganized the negroes into armed Union Leagues , taught them that the whites . were hostile to all their rights , and that the lands of the whites were to be , or ought to be ...
... violence on the part of their fellow blacks . The carpetbag govern- ment pardoned and turned loose upon society the worst criminals . There was no law for several years . The whites were subject to arbitrary arrest and trials by ...
... violent blacks . Its membership was , he said , of the best citizens , mostly ex - Confederates , led by the instinct of self - preservation to band together . It was secret because the lead- ers were sure that the sympathy of 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 |