Title: Black Resistance to the Ku Klux Klan in the Wake of the Civil War
First published: July 6, 2006
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.
Subjects: Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877), African Americans, Crimes against, History, Freedmen, Race relations, Ethnic conflict, Sources, Ku Klux Klan (19th century), Freed persons, African americans, crimes against, Freed persons, united states, African americans, history, Southern states, race relations, South carolina, history, Ku-Klux Klan (1866-1869)