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KU KLUX KLAN

KU KLUX KLAN

ITS ORIGIN, GROWTH, AND

DISBANDMENT

BY

J. C. LESTER AND D. L. WILSON

WITH

APPENDICES CONTAINING THE PRESCRIPTS
OF THE KU KLUX KLAN, SPECIMEN
ORDERS AND WARNINGS

WITH

INTRODUCTION AND NOTES

BY

WALTER L. FLEMING, PH. D.

Professor of History in West Virginia University; Author
of "Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama.”

TANFORD LIBRARY

NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON

THE NEALE PUBLISHING COMPANY

1905

COPYRIGHT, 1884, BY

J. C. LESTER AND D. L. WILSON

COPYRIGHT, 1905, BY

WALTER L. FLEMING

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NOTE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

Assistance was given to me while searching for information in regard to Ku Klux Klan, by many former members of the order, and by their friends and relatives. Of especial value were the details given to me by Major James R. Crowe, of Sheffield, Alabama; the late Ryland Randolph, Esq., and his son, Ryland Randolph, Jr., of Birmingham, Alabama; Judge Z. T. Ewing, of Pulaski, Tennessee; Miss Cora R. Jones, of Birmingham, Alabama, niece of one of the founders of the Klan; Mr. Lacy H. Wilson, of Bristol, Tennessee, the son of one of the authors of the History printed within, Major S. A. Cunningham and Mr. A. V. Goodpasture, of Nashville, and Dr. John A. Wyeth, of New York City.

There is still much that is obscure about Ku Klux Klan and I shall be glad to obtain additional information in regard to the order, and also to receive notice of mistakes and errors in this account.

W. L. F.

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