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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... meeting - Capt . J. L. Pearcy , later of Nashville , now of Wash- ington , D. C. , and James McCallum.1 The founders were all of Scotch - Irish descent and most of them were Pres- byterians . In regard to the founding of the Pulaski ...
... the courts . These were the explanations of men who were high in the order but who never attended a meeting and were never in actual contact with its workings . Private 2 But members - Ghouls they were called - could 34 KU KLUX KLAN.
... meeting , one of the wealthiest and most prominent cit- izens of Pulaski went on a business trip to Columbus , Miss . , taking his family with him . Before leaving he invited one of the leading spirits of the new society to take charge ...
... meeting was designated . The one obligation exacted from mem- bers was to maintain profound and abso- lute secrecy with reference to the order and everything pertaining to it . This obliga- tion prohibited those who assumed it from ...
... meeting was held , one Lictor was stationed near the house , the other fifty yards from it on the road leading a member of the Klan and his paper published the orders , proclamations and warnings sent out by the officials . - Miss Cora ...
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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 |