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Ku Klux Klan in 1871 South Carolina...
Ku Klux Klan in 1871 South Carolina...
Item # 722619
October 19, 1871
THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT, N.C., Oct. 19, 1871
* Ku Klux Klan - KKK outrages
* South Carolina brutality
* President Ulysses S. Grant
* Declares martial law in the state
The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "Martial Law" (see images)
complete with 4 pages, nice condition.
AI notes: In October 1871, President Ulysses S. Grant took decisive action against the Ku Klux Klan in South Carolina by declaring martial law in several counties plagued by widespread violence and intimidation aimed at suppressing Black political participation. This move was authorized under the Enforcement Acts of 1870–1871, federal laws designed to protect the civil and political rights of African Americans and to empower the federal government to intervene when states failed to stop racial terrorism. Under martial law, Grant deployed federal troops, authorized the arrest and prosecution of Klan members, and, in some areas, temporarily suspended habeas corpus to restore order. These measures resulted in the arrest of hundreds of Klan members and the dismantling of much of the organization’s local power, demonstrating one of the most forceful uses of federal authority during the Reconstruction era to uphold civil rights and combat violent white supremacist activity.
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