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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... 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 , divided among the blacks . Under ...
... After the Klan had changed character and become a body of regulators , and it was decided that the administration should be centralized , a convention of delegates from the Dens met in Nashville , in April , 1867 , and 36 KU KLUX KLAN.
... characters were substituted . Many Dens used only this Prescript , and most of the members have never heard of more than one Prescript . In some respects this first Constitution was found defective and in 1868 the Revised and Amended ...
... character and objects of the order ; the register is changed , and important changes in the administration are provided for . The imperfect Prescript printed in Ap- pendix III was used in the Carolinas and was evidently written out from ...
... character- izing the people among whom the Ku Klux Klan originated . A male college and a female seminary are located at Pulaski , and receive liberal patronage . It is a town of churches . · L There , in 1866 , the name Ku Klux first ...
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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 |