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Black resistance to the Ku Klux Klan in the wake of the Civil War

Author

Kinshasa, Kwando Mbiassi.

Title

Black resistance to the Ku Klux Klan in the wake of the Civil War / Kwando M. Kinshasa.

Format

Book

Published

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2006.

Description

ix, 252 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

URL

<Table of contents> http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0611/2006010922.html

Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-247) and index.

Contents

• 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.

Summary

"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.

Subject headings

Ku Klux Klan (19th century) Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) African Americans--Crimes against--Southern States--History--19th century. Freed persons--Crimes against--Southern States--History--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--Race relations--History--19th century. South Carolina--Race relations--History--19th century.

ISBN

0786424672 (illustrated case binding : alk. paper)

Standard Identifier

9780786424672