The Great South Carolina Ku Klux Klan Trials, 1871-1872

Author/Contributor(s):	Williams, Lou Falkner
Publisher:	University of Georgia Press
Date:	09/27/2004
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Placing the Klan trials in the context of postemancipation race relations, Williams shows that the Klan's campaign of terror in the upcountry reflected white determination to preserve prewar racial and social standards. Her analysis of Klan violence against women breaks new ground.