Black Resistance to the Ku Klux Klan in the Wake of the Civil War
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: July 6, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780786424672
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Racism & racial discrimination; Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle; c 1800 to c 1900; History - Military / War; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; United States - Reconstruction Period (1865-1877); History; History - U.S.; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); Military; USA; Crimes against; United States - Civil War; Military - General; 19th century; African Americans; Freedmen; Southern States
Description: "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.