Category: White Supremacy
Opposing the 15th Amendment: The Conservative and Democratic Argument Against Blacks Voting 1869-1870
The 15th Amendment granted equal voting rights to all male citizens regardless of race. It passed both houses of Congress in Feb. 1869 and went…
Slate Slavery In America Podcast: Episode 2 Inside the Slave Ship
Here is Episode 2 of the Slate series on slavery. According to Slate: In episode 2 of the History of American Slavery, hosts Rebecca Onion…
Slate Slavery In America Podcast: Episode 1 The Terrible Transformation of Slavery in the 1600s
Five years ago Slate put out a well-regarded series on the history of American slavery. Unfortunately, it was behind a paywall and only Slate+ subscribers…
March 1869: President “Grant’s Intense Negroism” Denounced
Soon after Grant became president he was denounced for his “intense Negroism.” Charleston daily news Saturday, Mar 13, 1869 Charleston, SC Vol: 7 Page:2
April 1867 First Ku Klux Klan Convention Held in Nashville’s Maxwell House
The founding of America’s oldest terrorist group, the Ku Klux Klan, is shrouded in myth and legend. While Klan lore places its first meeting on…
Platform of the Virginia Conservatives April 1869 “setting forth the policy of the white people of the state”
This platform was adopted by the Virginia Conservative Party on April 29, 1869. The Conservatives were a party made up of Democrats and old Whigs…
“They hung three or four negroes nearly dead” The Ku Klux in Florence, Ala. Nov. 26, 1868
This account of a Ku Klux Klan occupation of Florence comes from the Democratic newspaper the Daily Phoenix. It was originally published in the Memphis…
“We Go to the Polls for the First Time in 8 Years…& the White Vote Will Fall Into the Ballot Box”
A Democratic newspaper in Baton Rouge wrote about the importance of voting in the election of 1868. As in many similar articles, this one demands…
Smithsonian Magazine on the St. Landry Parish Massacre Louisiana September 1868
Smithsonian Magazine has an interesting article on the St Landry Massacre of 1868. The article is a good overview of the mass murder of African…
Knights of the White Camelia and the Election of 1868 in Lousiana
I found an interesting article on one of the less well-known white supremacist terrorist organizations, the Knights of the White Camelia. This group was based…
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