Category: White Supremacy
“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…
St. Bernard Parish Massacre of Blacks in Louisiana October 25-26, 1868
I am looking at the violence that engulfed Louisiana in the weeks leading up to the November 1868 election. Republican Ulysses S. Grant would triumph…
Eric Foner in the New York Times on the 150th Anniversary of the Election of the First Black Senator Hiram Revels
Eric Foner has an interesting article in the New York Times today observing the 150th Anniversary of the election of the first African American to…
Louisiana’s Opelousas/St. Landry Massacre of Sept. 1868 The Opening Round of Terror
The Opelousas Massacre of September 1868 was a multi-day event in which scores of African Americans and white Republicans were attacked, beaten, kidnapped, and killed….
“The Murder of Negroes is a Daily Occurrence” Louisiana Political Violence & the Election of 1868
In my research I came across this report from the Louisiana General Assembly on racial and political violence in the state during the lead-up to…
Ben Butler Warns that Delaying Conclusion of the Impeachment Trial Plays Into the Hands of Ku Klux Klan
After Generals Thomas and Sherman testified in the Impeachment Trial of Andrew Johnson, the president’s lead counsel Henry Stanbery took ill. The defense requested a…
The Origin of the “Color Line” Authorizing Racial Discrimination Was in Slavery-Frederick Douglass 1881
Frederick Douglass wrote about the origin of the “Color Line” that separated the races and legislated inequality in 1881. The Color Line was not a…