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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... a Ku Klux Report , ( Cartoon ) ... 113 9. The Fate of the Carpetbagger and the Scalawag , ( Cartoon ) ... ....... 192 10. A Specimen Warning sent by the Klan .. 196 : " When laws become lawless contrivances to defeat the.
Its Origin, Growth and Disbandment John C. Lester, Daniel Love Wilson Walter Lynwood Fleming. : " When laws become lawless contrivances to defeat the ends.
... lawless contrivances to defeat the ends of justice , it is not surprising that the people resort to lawless expedients for securing their rights . " -S . S. Cox , in " Three Decades , " p . 558 . INTRODUCTION BY WALTER L. FLEMING ...
... lawless deeds of violence . To this day there are localities where the utterance of it awak- ens awe and fear . During the entire period of the Klan's organized existence , Pulaski continued to be its central seat of authority . Some of ...
... theft and by wanton destruction for the gratifi- cation of petty revenge , were to the last degree annoying . A large part of these depredations was the work of bad white men , who expected that their lawless deeds would be 78 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 |