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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... parties or from those who professed to be acting legally and under cover of authority , they were anxious also to control the Klan itself and to keep it within what they conceived to be safe limits . Up to this time the majority had ...
... it in disgust . Many outrages were committed in the name of Ku Klux that really were done by irresponsible parties who never belonged to the Klan . " - Ryland Randolph . the guise of Ku Klux and returned to their old 104 KU KLUX KLAN.
... parties engaged took pains to assert that they were Ku Klux , which the mem- bers of the Klan never did . This was evidence that these parties were simply aping Ku Klux disguises . The proof on this point is ample and clear . After the ...
... felt all this ; and in its efforts to relieve itself of the stigma thus incurred , it acted in some cases against the offending parties with a severity well merited , no doubt , but unjustifiable.1 As is frequently 106 KU KLUX KLAN.
... it was worse ; the parties wholly misunderstood each other . Each party felt that its cause was the just one . Each justified its deed by the provocation . The Ku Klux , intending wrong , as they believed 108 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 |