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

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

Author/creator	Kinshasa, Kwando Mbiassi
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., ©2006.
Description	ix, 252 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	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.

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.
Abstract	"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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-247) and index.
LCCN	2006010922
ISBN	0786424672 (illustrated case binding : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780786424672

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E668 .K58 2006	✔ Available	Place Hold