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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... tion it deserved as a historical document.1 At the time of writing , sectional feeling was still inflamed ; the Northern people were not ready to hear anything favorable about the Ku Klux Klan , which they con- sidered a band of outlaws ...
... tion . No oaths were prescribed - only a pledge of secrecy . As the Klan spread among neighboring towns , the Pulaski by - laws and ritual were modified for the use of new Dens . After the Klan had changed character and become a body of ...
... tion . They explained that they had been trying to discover or invent a name which would be , to some extent , suggestive of the character and objects of the society . They mentioned several which they had been considering . In this ...
... tion prohibited those who assumed it from disclosing that they were Ku Klux , or the name of any other member , and from so- liciting any one to become a member . The last requirement was a singular one . It was enacted for two reasons ...
... tion of the town , and while in session there , they never felt entirely free from apprehensions of interruption . * 1 In the Southern colleges of today the peculiar Greek letter fraternity known as Alpha Sigma Sigma , and 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 |