Black Resistance to the Ku Klux Klan in the Wake of the Civil War
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Things fall apart -- The interminable conflict -- Dialogues on human rights abuses -- Themes on racial conflict -- Organized resistance -- Literary provocateur : a case study of John A. Leland -- A planter's letter to the New York times -- Excerpt from The prostrate state by James Pike -- Testimony of Elias Thomson regarding Klan activity -- Remarks of Judge Hugh Bond regarding Klan activity -- Excerpt from the oral history of Mary Anderson -- "The Lowrey bandits" -- Letter from General John C. Gorman regarding the Lowrie bandits.
"Focusing on the years of the Reconstruction, this volume examines the actions of the Ku Klux Klan between the years of 1865 and 1899. It explores how the organization sponsored and promoted violence against former slaves, and how that violence eventually led to the formation of armed defensive units, which in some instances engaged in retaliatory action"--Provided by publisher.
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PUBLISHED
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2006.
Year Published: 2006
Description: ix, 252 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0786424672
9780786424672
SUBJECTS
Ku Klux Klan (19th cent.)
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
African Americans -- History -- Southern States -- 19th century.
Freedmen -- History -- Southern States -- 19th century.
African Americans -- History -- 1863-1877.
Ethnic conflict -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- South Carolina.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Sources.
Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
South Carolina -- History -- 19th century.