White Terror
The Ku Klux Klan Conspiracy and Southern Reconstruction
Published on 22. February 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
616 pages
978-0-8071-7874-4 (ISBN)
Description
Allen W. Trelease's White Terror, originally published in 1971, was the first scholarly history of the Ku Klux Klan in the South during Reconstruction. With its research rooted in primary sources, it remains among the most comprehensive treatments of the subject. In addition to the Klan, Trelease discusses other night-riding groups, including the Ghouls, the White Brotherhood, and the Knights of the White Camellia. He treats the entire South state by state, details the close link between the Klan and the Democratic party, and recounts Republican efforts to resist the Klan.
Winner of the Charles S. Sydnor Award from the Southern Historical Association
Winner of the Charles S. Sydnor Award from the Southern Historical Association
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Language
English
Place of publication
Baton Rouge
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 224 mm
Width: 147 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
806 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8071-7874-4 (9780807178744)
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Allen W. Trelease (1928-2011) was professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro for twenty-seven years. He authored several books on southern history, including Reconstruction: The Great Experiment.
Karen L. Cox is professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her most recent book is No Common Ground: Confederate Monuments and the Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice.