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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... 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.
... convention at Nashville , Tenn . , in the early summer of 1867.1 At the " In the spring of 1867 , " says Wilson in the Century Magazine , July , 1884. May was the month of meeting . This was just after the Reconstruction Acts had been ...
... convention and adopted . After the transaction of some further business , the convention adjourned , and the delegates returned home without having attracted any atten- tion . At this convention the territory covered by the Klan was ...
... 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.
... convention also defined and set forth the peculiar objects of the order , as follows : 1 1 I am convinced that the authors are mistaken in saying that the first convention adopted the Prescript containing these declarations . 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 |