Category: History - American
Terms of Southern Surrender in the War of the Rebellion--Candor of Paroled Troops--"Lee's Ragamuffins"--Generals Grant's and Sherman's Proposed Amnesty--The "Rump Congress" and Disfranchisement--What the Latter meant--Issues which the War Settled--How these were Revived by the...
The Situation in Georgia--Bullock Usurpation--Some Things which may be Explained--Negro Criminals--Taking Refuge in the Ocmulgee Swamps--A Brutal Murder--Ku-Klux Ambushed--A Ter...
24. CHAPTER V.A Train which brought Welcome Passengers--Caucusing in the Open Air a Dangerous Proceeding--Correct Surmises--An Old Church, Bequeathed from Generation to Generation, and Liable...
23. CHAPTER IV.Impressions after a K. K. K. Raid--Will Morning never come?--Conjectures Regarding the Subject in the Minds of those who should have been Prepared to Render an Opinion--What Sup...
21. CHAPTER II.Situation Produced by the War--Discontented Partisans--The War District in the South--Words of a Northern Tourist--Widespread Destitution--The Curse of Slavery--How its sudden A...
36. CHAPTER XVII.A Problem for the Phrenologists--"Self-Preservation is [said to be] the First Law of Life"--A Mooted Question put at Rest--Experiments in Metaphysics--An Anecdote Dealing with t...
29. CHAPTER X.Mr. Cheermon, and Gemmens: Der crisis am upon us. I repeats, surs, and wishes dat dis obserwashun should sink down into de conclusibness ob ebery individooal who heers me. Der K...
25. CHAPTER VI.Contrasted Views of the Organization inspired by its Dealings with the Public--Its Political Bearing--Its _Objects_ not deemed Harmful to Society--New England Transcendentalists...
32. CHAPTER XIII.Any person, under color of law, etc., of any State, depriving another of any rights, etc., secured by the Constitution of the United States, made liable to the party injured, 70...
31. CHAPTER XII.The Klan Outlawed--A Price set upon the Heads of its Membership--A Rash Act of one of its Dens--Strong Provocations--Negro Insurrectionists Placed in the Jail at Trenton--Prison...
38. CHAPTER XIX.A Popular Fallacy--Karl Konstant Esq.--A Fit Companion for the Wandering Jew--Awaiting Events--The First Visitation--An Intricate Subject for the Hospitals and Doctors--Getting...
28. CHAPTER IX.Misgovernment in Tennessee--The Loyal League and the State Administration--The K. K. K. an Outgrowth of the Conditions which the former Inspired--Rapid Development of the Order...
33. CHAPTER XIV.Adventists--How they Practised on the Parasitical Blacks--A Little Power is a Dangerous Thing--The Political Situation in '67--Whites Refraining from Participation in Election C...
30. CHAPTER XI.Excitement throughout the State--Scenes at the Capitol--Metropolitan Arrests resisted--Secret Police--Government Officials Notified of the Extent of the Disaster--A Quorum of th...
26. CHAPTER VII.A Band of Regulators whose Force at this time numbered a Half Million well-organized and perfectly Drilled Men--Who composed its Draft--Considerations which recommended it to th...
22. CHAPTER III.A Stirring Episode--Raising the Dead--Night-Hawk Abroad--Moving toward the Rendezvous--Grand Cyclops of Den No. 5--Forming the Magic Circle--Raiding Command--K. K. K. Drill--On...
37. CHAPTER XVIII.Late Announcement of the Earl of Beaconsfield before an Assembly of Englishmen--The Secret Societies of Europe--Men of Influence in the Southern States Disclaim the alleged Good...
27. CHAPTER VIII.The Klan never did its Work by Halves--How General Orders were Transmitted--Form of General Order--Its Imbroglios with the League--Avoided Conflict with United States Troops--Ku...
35. CHAPTER XVI.The Klan in South Carolina--Officious Interference in Politics--Atrocious Performances of Men in Masks--The "Shams," or Counterfeit Editions of K. K. K.--How Organized--Purposes...
20. CHAPTER I.Terms of Southern Surrender in the War of the Rebellion--Candor of Paroled Troops--"Lee's Ragamuffins"--Generals Grant's and Sherman's Proposed Amnesty--The "Rump Congress" and...
39. CHAPTER XX.The Author has no Explanations to Offer--Such as it is, it is--The Chief of Two Reasons for Holding it in Esteem--A Whim that has been Gratified--Mischievous Results of Confidin...
7. CHAPTER VII.A Band of Regulators whose Force at this time numbered a Half Million well-organized and perfectly Drilled Men--Who composed its Draft--Considerations which recommended it to th...
2. CHAPTER II.Situation Produced by the War--Discontented Partisans--The War District in the South--Words of a Northern Tourist--The Curse of Slavery--President Johnson--How the Work of Recon...
12. CHAPTER XII.The Klan Outlawed--A Rash Act of one of its Dens--Negro Insurrectionists Placed in the Jail at Trenton--Subsequent Massacre--Detectives in Pursuit--Members of the Order Indicted...
14. CHAPTER XIV.Adventists--How they Practised on the Parasitical Blacks--A Little Power is a Dangerous Thing--The Political Situation in '67--The State Press--The Order of K. K. K. in Louisian...
6. CHAPTER VI.Contrasted Views of the Organization inspired by its Dealings with the Public--The Colored Man in the South--Kindly Feeling for the Race cherished by Native Southerners--Househo...
13. CHAPTER XIII.Any person, under color of law, etc., of any State, depriving another of any rights, etc., secured by the Constitution of the United States, made liable to the party injured, 70...
9. CHAPTER IX.Misgovernment in Tennessee--The Loyal League and the State Administration--The K. K. K. an Outgrowth of the Conditions which the former Inspired--Rapid Development of the Order...
11. CHAPTER XI.Excitement throughout the State--Scenes at the Capitol--Government Officials Notified of the Extent of the Disaster--A Quorum of the Legislative or Judicial Bodies not Attainabl...
19. CHAPTER XIX.A Popular Fallacy--Karl Konstant Kain, Esq.--Awaiting Events--An Intricate Subject for the Hospitals and Doctors--Getting Even with the Latter--Yellow Jack on a Raid--K. K. K.,...
8. CHAPTER VIII.The Klan never did its Work by Halves--How General Orders were Transmitted--Form of General Order--Its Imbroglios with the League--Avoided Conflict with United States Troops--Le...
5. CHAPTER V.A Train which brought Welcome Passenger--Caucusing in the Open Air a Dangerous Proceeding--Correct Surmises--An Old Church, Bequeathed from Generation to Generation, and Liable...
15. CHAPTER XV.The Situation in Georgia--Some Things which may be Explained-- Negro Criminals--Taking Refuge in the Ocmulgee Swamps--Ku-Klux Ambushed--A Terrible Oath--Uncle Jack B.--"Nigger D...
16. CHAPTER XVI.The Klan in South Carolina--Officious Interference in Politics-- Atrocious Performances of Men in Masks--The "Shams," or Counterfeit Editions of K. K. K.--How Organized--Their V...
18. CHAPTER XVIII.Late Announcement of the Earl of Beaconsfield before an Assembly of Englishmen--The Secret Societies of Europe--True Status with Regard to Current Politics--Combining the Office...
17. CHAPTER XVII.Experiments in Metaphysics--An Anecdote Dealing with the Characteristics of some People--Another--Peculiarities of the Caucasian--Ditto of the African--An "Awakening" among the...
4. CHAPTER IV.Impressions after a K. K. K. Raid--Will Morning never come?-- Conjectures Regarding the Subject in the Minds of those who should have been Prepared to Render an Opinion--What Su...
1. CHAPTER I.Terms of Southern Surrender in the War of the Rebellion--Candor of Paroled Troops--"Lee's Ragamuffins"--Generals Grant's and Sherman's Proposed Amnesty--The "Rump Congress" and...
3. CHAPTER III.A Stirring Episode--Raising the Dead--Night-Hawk Abroad--Moving toward the Rendezvous--Grand Cyclops of Den No. 5--Forming the Magic Circle--K. K. K. Drill--On the March--The _T...
10. CHAPTER X.