Black Resistance to the Ku Klux Klan in the Wake of Civil War
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The end of the Civil War left a fearful and resentful South struggling to understand the changes the war had wrought. Those seeking a focus for their anger quickly turned on recently emancipated blacks. Chief among them was the newly formed Ku Klux Klan.
Some of those targeted by the Klan’s murderous activities turned to armed resistance and retaliation as their only resort.
This volume examines the actions of the Ku Klux Klan between the years of 1865 and 1899: how the organization sponsored violence against former slaves, and how that violence eventually led to the formation of armed defensive groups. The author considers both the history and the sociology behind these events. Appendices provide excerpts from a variety of primary sources including contemporary newspaper articles, correspondence and personal diaries.
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Bibliographic Details
Kwando Mbiassi Kinshasa
Format: softcover (7 x 10)
Pages: 262
Bibliographic Info: 17 photos, 8 tables, appendices, notes, bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2009 [2006]
pISBN: 978-0-7864-4100-6
Imprint: McFarland
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Preface 1
Introduction 5
1. Things Fall Apart 13
2. The Interminable Conflict 51
3. Dialogues on Human Rights Abuses 84
4. Themes on Racial Conflict 111
5. Organized Resistance 156
6. Literary Provocateur: A Case Study of John A. Leland 179
Epilogue 201
Appendices
A. A Planter’s Letter to The New York Times 209
B. Excerpt from The Prostrate State by James Pike 212
C. Testimony of Elias Thomson Regarding Klan Activity 214
D. Remarks of Judge Hugh Bond Regarding Klan Activity 217
E. Excerpt from the Oral History of Mary Anderson 219
F. “The Lowrey Bandits”
G. Letter from General John C. Gorman Regarding the Lowrie Bandits 224
Chapter Notes 227
Bibliography 243
Index 249
