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Ku Klux Klan Act, 1871

Reports of Klan violence in the South, and the federal law against it in April 1871. Newspaper pages from 1868 to 1872 on a map and timeline.

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24431 matching newspaper pages in total. New York, NY has the most hits (2701 pages). Showing up to 10 earliest results from this city.

  1. New York Dispatch — 1868-03-01, page 6

    … young girl was the means ol saving the fort. The secret brotherhood known as the Ku Klux Klan is probably the most extra ordinary association that tho present centurj has …

  2. New-York Tribune — 1868-03-19, page 1

    … AJHIGHWAYMAN. Mempris, March 18,—Three men in disguise, and a sup to be members of the Ku Klux night to the house of a bait 4h mile from Nash h AA Ty and kill i 2nd em Ww 2810 …

  3. The New York Herald — 1868-03-19, page 7

    … Memphis, March 18, 1868. Three ma n in disguise, supposed to be members of the Ku Klux Klan, went last night to the house of a negro about. four and a half miles from …

  4. The New York Herald — 1868-03-24, page 7

    … of mysterious no tices posted on points, and supposed to have ema nated from the Ku Klux Klan. NEW JERSEY. Wreck of ? Schooner on FUthtaff Creek Shoala?All Hands Lost. …

  5. The New York Herald — 1868-03-25, page 3

    … these imagined plans of General Hancock and the dreaded onslaught of Moshy and the Ku-Klux-Klan, have their existence in the troubled dreams of conscicnce smiiten radicals …

  6. The New York Herald — 1868-03-25, page 7

    … assassinated at Jackson in Monday. ilio sup posed assassin has been at reste 1. The Ku Klux Klan have made their appearance In Mississippi. In the Mississippi Reconstruction …

  7. The New York Herald — 1868-03-25, page 10

    … Ala., who tells most marvellous stories as to the depredations of the mysterious Ku-Klux, but falls to rur nisli the proof of a single outrage. In Illus tration of this …

  8. New-York Tribune — 1868-03-30, page 1

    … KLAN. Cixcissats, March 28.—The Gazette has a dispatch saying that the murderous Ku Klux Klan left documents in Mr. Patrick Haney's house, rear Waverley, Tenn., a few days …

    … by his wife. Mr.”Haney is well known in Nashville as a lover of the Union. The Ku Klux visited the house of George Bryant, colored, last night, eight miles from Nashville …

    … HIGITHANDED KLUX Warren, and has taken out a warrant for his arrest. The Vidette (Ku Klux organ) has published an extra, warning Umon men and negroes not to leave their …

  9. The New York Herald — 1868-04-04, page 4

    … hand over a share of their funds to all claimants who have not the fear of the Ku Klux before thrtr eyc3. nils u practical agrariamsm uruler oaiouu radical seal. The …

    … party at hU conversant with aifaira in Tennessee knows that the Hadlcal alarm about Ku-Klux Klaus is oli proleaoa and boah. THE METHODIST CHURCH. Reunion of tbo New York unci …

  10. New York Dispatch — 1868-04-05, page 1

    … Men of brains, however corrupt in heart, are pulling the strings which make the Ku Klux Klan and other hideous puppets dance as they direct. While the Central Power influences …

    … at the North, who encour age and pay them for their deviltries. In Alabama, the Ku Klux Klan was thoroughly organized to pre vent the deposit of freedmen’s votes at the …

    … Sepulchre will*recoil not. By order of the Great Grand Centaur, SANPYP URLAGILE. The 44 Ku Klux Klan ” is not confined to Southern States. More than one 44 cave ” might bo unearthed …

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