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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... 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 regulators , and it was decided that the administration should be centralized , a convention of ...
... town of about three thousand inhabitants . Previous to the war its citizens possessed wealth and culture - they retain the sec- ond - the first was lost in the general wreck . The most intimate association with them fails to disclose a ...
... 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 institution of ...
... town , there used to stand a handsome and commodi- ous residence . The front , or main build- ing , was of brick , the " L " of wood . In December , 1865 , the brick portion of this house was demolished by a cyclone . " L " remained ...
... town . These were dressed in the fan- tastic regalia of the order and bore tre- mendous spears as the badge of their office . As before stated , and for the reasons assigned , the Ku Klux did not solicit any one to join them ; yet ...
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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 |