"Disintegration and Absorption" Policy 637 The Methodists 637 The Baptists 640 The Presbyterians 641 The Churches and the Negro during Reconstruction 642 The Baptists and the Negroes 643 The Presbyterians and the Negroes 646 The Roman Catholics 647 The Episcopalians 647 The Methodists and the Negroes 648 CHAPTER XXI THE KU KLUX REVOLUTION Causes of the Ku Klux Movement 654 Secret Societies of Regulators before Ku Klux Klan 659 Origin and Growth of Ku Klux Klan 661 The Knights of the White Camelia 671 The Work of the Secret Orders 675 Ku Klux Orders and Warnings 680 Ku Klux "Outrages" 686 Success of the Ku Klux Movement 690 Spurious Ku Klux Organizations 691 Attempts to suppress the Ku Klux Movement 694 State Legislation 695 Enforcement Acts 697 Ku Klux Investigation 703 Later Ku Klux Organizations 709 CHAPTER XXII REORGANIZATION OF THE INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM Break-up of the Ante-bellum System 710 The Freedmen's Bureau System 717 Northern and Foreign Immigration 718 Attempts to organize a New System 721 Development of the Share and Credit Systems 723 Superiority of White Farmers 727 Decadence of the Black Belt 731 CHAPTER XXIII POLITICAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS DURING RECONSTRUCTION