The Reconstruction Ku Klux Klan in York County, South Carolina, 1865-1877

by Jerry L. West

Overview

The Reconstruction was to be a time of rebuilding and healing for the South following the Civil War, but was marked by the continued strong hatred and hostility between liberated African Americans and angry Ku Klux Klan members.

This work deals with the Reconstruction-era Klan, a paramilitary group with political aims using violence and intimidation to achieve its goals. It addresses exclusively the Klan's activities in York County, South Carolina, during the years 1865-1877, and clarifies some misconceptions about the Reconstruction Klan and disentangles it from later organizations that used the same name.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786443437
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	08/16/2010
Series:	History/United States
Pages:	222
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

The late Jerry L. West was a retired minister and local historian of York County, South Carolina. He wrote three books on York County and numerous articles.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments    
Preface     
Introduction    

1 Opening Scenes to Fury    
2 Advent of the Ku Klux Klan    
3 A Threat of Violence    
4 The Klan Wars     
5 Federal Intervention    
6 Colonel Merrill Begins Arrests    
7 The Klan Trials     
8 Peace Returns to York County    109

APPENDICES
1 Oath, Constitution and Bylaws of the Ku Klux Klan   
2 Captain James Williams    
3 James Rufus Bratton, M.D.    
4 John Hannibal White    
5 Elijah Ross Sepaugh    
6 York County Men Imprisoned at the Albany Penitentiary   
7 Prison Life at the Albany Penitentiary    
8 Presidential Pardons    
9 Samuel Gordon Brown    
10 An Act to Provide for the Protection of Persons, Property and Public Peace   
11 Union League Oath    

Notes    
Bibliography    
Index