African Americans frequently organized themselves to counter Klan terrorism. This article describes an attack by the Klan in Chapel Hill, Tn. on a black man who had announced that he would fight back if attacked by the Klan. While he was being tortured, the Klansmen were themselves attacked and routed. The next day, an armed patrol of African Americans set out to fight the local Klansmen and a battle ensued.
This newspaper was Democratic and conservative and antagonistic to African American civil rights.
Times-Picayune
Thursday, June 25, 1868
New Orleans, Louisiana
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