"Coon and Sibly of the Alabama Legislature. Cartoon from Screw's 'Lost Legislature.'" This image appeared in KU KLUX KLAN: ITS ORIGIN, GROWTH AND DISBANDMENT by J. C. Lester and D. L. Wilson, originally published in 1884. (This edition, which...
This image appeared in KU KLUX KLAN: ITS ORIGIN, GROWTH AND DISBANDMENT by J. C. Lester and D. L. Wilson, originally published in 1884. (This edition, which includes an introduction by Walter L. Fleming, was published in 1905.)
This image appeared in KU KLUX KLAN: ITS ORIGIN, GROWTH AND DISBANDMENT by J. C. Lester and D. L. Wilson, originally published in 1884. (This edition, which includes an introduction by Walter L. Fleming, was published in 1905.)
The following men are pictured: 1) D. L. Wilson, 2) J. R. Crowe, 3) John C. Lester, 4) Albert Pike, 5) W. J. Hardee, 6) Calvin Jones, and 7) Ryland Randolph. This image appeared in KU KLUX KLAN: ITS ORIGIN, GROWTH AND DISBANDMENT by J. C. Lester...
"From Ku Klux Klan Report, Alabama Testimony." This image appeared in KU KLUX KLAN: ITS ORIGIN, GROWTH AND DISBANDMENT by J. C. Lester and D. L. Wilson, originally published in 1884. (This edition, which includes an introduction by Walter L....
The passages describe the lives and contributions of three freedmen of the Rapier family. John H. Rapier, Jr., was a physician at the Freedmen's Hospital in Washington, D.C. John H. Rapier, Sr., a barber in Florence, Alabama, served as a voter...
In the letter Mrs. Vaughan explains that her husband, Vernon Henry Vaughan, has been arrested for being a "defiant Republican." The Ku Klux Klan has threatened their entire family, and they are no longer safe in the city: "They put him in jail...
In the letter Guin, the sheriff of Sanford County (present-day Lamar County) describes violence against African American citizens in Fayette County. He gives details about six murders that have occurred in the last few months; the guilty parties...
In the message Starkweather asks for military assistance to protect the city from Klan violence: "Guard needed here--Civil guard overpowered and prisoner taken out by Ku Klux, our lives in danger--Officer in charge refused to stay."
The state and local news includes: railroads; taxation; and the 1870 election of state officers and the legislature. Much of page two is devoted to the Alabama Supreme Court ruling on two cases: State of Alabama v. William C. Estes and others on...