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On the Use of the Word “Terrorism” to Describe Violence During Reconstruction: Anachronism?

I am sometimes asked if my using the word “terrorism” to describe racial or political violence during the Reconstruction Era is anachronistic. It isn’t. I…

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“Terrorism in Tennessee” KKK in March 1868

I have sometimes been criticized for calling the Ku Klux Klan a terrorist organization by people who say that “terrorism” is a modern term. Many…

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German General Carl Schurz Begins His Investigation of the Post-War South

Union General Carl Schurz began his inspection tour of the South just a month after the last Confederate forces surrendered. Schurz, a German refugee, embarked…

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