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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... existence than the Black Belt orders . In most of its territory , social conditions were worse than in the black counties . It is a mistake to consider that in 1865-1870 , the whites in the densest black districts were in the place of ...
... existence in 1869 , there had been few outrages , but its name and prestige lived after it and served to hide the evil deeds of all sorts and con- ditions of outlaws . But these could be crushed by the government , State or Federal . In ...
... existence . That one was used by Ryland Randolph , of Tuscaloosa , Alabama , formerly Grand Giant of a province of the order , and was given to me by him . It is a little brown pam- phlet of sixteen pages , and is reprinted in Appendix ...
... existence , Pulaski continued to be its central seat of authority . Some of its highest officers resided there . This nar- rative , therefore , will relate principally to the growth of the Klan and the measures taken to suppress it in ...
... existence which those who organized it contemplated for it . Hundreds of societies have originated just as this one did , and after a brief ex- istence have passed away . But in this case there was a weird potency in the very name Ku ...
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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 |