KU KLUX KLAN House Journal STATE OF TENNESSEE 1868 Primary Source CIVIL WAR

  
House Journal of the Extra Session of the Thirty-Fifth General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, convened at Nashville, Monday, the Twenty-Seventh Day of July, 1868 ; Nashville; S. Mercer ; 1868; 8vo; 279 pgs.

Scarce primary source material detailing the the atrocities of the Ku Klux Klan in the Tennessee during the early years after the Civil War. Details how the KKK targets color persons, Union sympathizers, white instructors, women, etc. To create an atmosphere of terror to keep people from voting and advancing. In most cases, the nature of the passage are elected officials petitioning for a military presence to help suppress the KKK, which they identify as terrorist and para-military. Other tables and passages list prisoners by race, offense and length of sentence.

Another table details punishments given to inmates; Suspended by thumbs, Bread and Water, etc. This is a remarkable treasure trove of primary source material which does a remarkable job of illuminating the racial tension and turbulence in the South during the wake of the Civil War. Bound in half leather over marbled paper. Cover shows rubbing wear and soiling. Pages lightly foxed in parts.

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Subject: Americana

Place of Publication: Nashville

Topic: Civil War (1861-65)

Year Printed: 1868

Language: English

Special Attributes: 1st Edition

Original/Facsimile: Original

Binding: Leather