Ku Klux Klan: Its Origin, Growth and DisbandmentLester, John C.
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Ku Klux Klan: Its Origin, Growth and Disbandment
Lester, John C.
Ku Klux Klan (19th century)
Pulaski, Tennessee, description of, 50;
conditions in 1865, 52;
Ku Klux Klan founded there, 16, 53;
Ku Klux parade, 91-95
Pulaski Den, origin and membership, 19-21, 53, 57, 61
Prescripts, 16, 30, 36, 87, 88;
original, adopted at Nashville Convention, 37, 40, 133-150;
Revised and Amended, 37, 38, 40, 151-176;
an imperfect copy used by a local order, 39, 177-186;
sold by Grand Wizard, 137, 145, 157, 169;
dedication, 150, 176;
Amendment, 147, 173;
Register, 148, 176
Purpose of the original Den, 22
Q.
Quotations, poetical, in original Prescript, 135;
Latin, in the Prescripts, _passim_, 133-176
R.
Radical Republican party, 171
Radicals in Ku Klux disguise, 105
Randolph, Ryland, 26, 40;
quoted, 99, 104;
author of orders and warnings, 41, 190-192;
publishes cartoon of Coon and Sibley, 43, 113
Realm, or state, 85, 136, 156
Reconstruction Acts, 71, 84
"Reconstruction of the Constitution," by J.W. Burgess, cited, 113
"Reconstruction in Mississippi," by J.W. Garner, cited, 49
Reed, Richard R., one of the founders, 20, 21;
on committee to choose a name for the order, 53
Regalia and records of Klan destroyed, 129
Register of the Prescript, 41, 148, 176
Regulators, 71, 73, 106
Results of the Ku Klux Movement, 35
Revenue of the Klan, 145, 168
Revised and Amended Prescript, 38, 151-176
Ritual of Pulaski Den, 54, 57
Rose, W.H., a member, 21
S.
Saunders, "Early Settlers of Alabama," quoted, 96
Scotch-Irish descent of the members of the Klan, 21, 23
Screws, Capt. B.H., "Loil Legislature," cartoon from, 43, 113
Scribe, of a local order, 179
Scribe, Grand, 86;
duties, 142, 164
Secrets of the Klan, 148, 174;
penalty for betrayal of, 149, 176
Sentinel, Grand, 86;
duties, 143, 164
Shapard, I.L. and Robt., members, 21, 38
Sibley and Coon, carpetbaggers, 43, 113
South Carolina, local order in, 177-186;
warnings sent by Klan in, 193-196
Southern Society of New York, owns a Revised and Amended Prescript, 40
Spofford, Judge H.M., residence used by Klan 54
Staff officers, 86, 164
State Guards of Tennessee, 123
Stubbs, Mrs. Elizabeth, in "Early Settlers of Alabama," quoted, 96
T.
Taxes levied in Klan, 145, 169
Tennessee, conditions in, 17, 29;
the Klan in 51, 70, 95;
Confederates disfranchised, 88;
State Guards, 123; Militia law, 124;
order of a Grand Dragon, 109-111;
Anti-Ku Klux law, 113-123
Term of office, 144, 165
Texas, Klan extends to, 70
"Three Decades," by S.S. Cox, quoted, 11
Titan, Grand, ruler of a Dominion, 86;
duties, 138, 159;
how elected, 143;
appointed, 158
Titles of officials, 136, 155
Tories, 24, 77
Tourgee, "Invisible Empire," cited, 18
Transformation of the Klan, 71, 83-99
Tribunal of Justice, 166
Tugenbund, 25
Turk, Grand, 57, 86;
duties, 142, 163;
office first held by Major J.R. Crowe, 21
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Klan at, 42
U.
"Understanding of Appomattox," violated, 34
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