<I>The Ku-Klux Spirit in Congress / Geneva Award</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1871 and 1873
name: label: Printed by
content: McGill & Witherow, American, active 1860 - 1870s
label: Published by
content: F. & J. Rives & Geo. A. Bailey (Firm), American, founded 1871
label: Written by
content: Gen. Benjamin Franklin Butler, American, 1818 - 1893
label: Subject of
content: United States Congress, American, founded 1789
label: Subject of
content: Ku Klux Klan, 1st, American, 1865 - 1872
notes: label: Description
content: Two printed speeches by Benjamin F. Butler printed in black ink on off-white wove paper in a center bound booklet. The cover page reads [THE KU-KLUX SPIRIT IN CONGRESS. / PERSONAL VINDICATION OF HIMSELF / IN REPLY TO / ATTACKS UPON HIM IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE AND PRINTED SPEECH OF FARNSWORTH, OF ILLINOIS: / BY / BENJAMIN F. BUTLER, / MADE IN THE / HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, APRIL 20, 1871]. In smaller text at bottom center is [WASHINGTON, D.C.: / MCGILL & WITHEROW, PRINTERS AND STEREOTYPERS. / 1871.]. The interior of the booklet begins with a single page section marked [PREFATORY.], followed by the section [PERSONAL VINDICATION.]. This first speech is eight pages long, and is followed by the second speech, the title page of which reads [Geneva Award. / SPEECH OF HON. BENJAMIN F. BUTLER / OF MASSACHUSETTS / DELIVERED / IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES / FEBRUARY 14 and 15, 1873]. At bottom center of the page is [WASHINGTON: F. & J. RIVES & GEO. A. BAILEY, / REPORTERS AND PRINTERS OF THE DEBATES OF CONGRESS. / 1873.]. This speech includes on page 15, a printed table of American and British merchant ships with prices for goods, in comparison of the effect of war premiums on merchant shipping. The second speech is 16 pages long, for a total of 24 pages in the booklet.
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place printed
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Commerce
label: Topic
content: Government
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Oratory
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
label: Topic
content: Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: White supremacy movements
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2020.26.42.8
objectType: label: Type
content: speeches
label: Type
content: booklets
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (closed): 8 3/4 × 5 5/8 in. (22.3 × 14.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (open): 8 3/4 × 11 7/16 in. (22.3 × 29 cm)