02604cam a22003253u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000090011910000140012824502250014226400510036730000470041833600260046533700260049133800360051750000310055350801840058452013290076853400450209765300320214265300440217485600430221899900170226135579UtSlPG20260610133819.0mcr n260607r2011||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a12008003  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aE6601 aAnonymous14aThe Nation's Peril. :bTwelve Years' Experience in the South. Then and Now. The Ku Klux Klan, a Complete Exposition of the Order: Its Purpose, Plans, Operations, Social and Political Significance; The Nation's Salvation. 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2011  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2011-03-15  aProduced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was
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Internet Archive.)  a"The Nation's Peril" by Anonymous is an exposé on the Ku Klux Klan, written in the late 19th century. This work provides a detailed account of the Klan's origins, operations, and the social terror it inflicted upon both black and white citizens in the post-Civil War South. The text offers harrowing narratives of violence and oppression against individuals who opposed the Klan’s ideologies, and it is framed as a call to understand the urgent issues of racial violence and civil rights during Reconstruction.  The opening of "The Nation's Peril" sets the stage for an exploration of the brutal reality faced by many during this tumultuous period. It introduces the plight of individuals such as Edward Thompson, a black man murdered for his Republican beliefs, and the Furguson family, who suffered horrific violence for their advocacy of civil rights. The text emphasizes the sinister and organized nature of the Klan's campaigns of intimidation and violence, illustrating not only the physical assaults but also the psychological terror that reduced entire communities to fear. Through vivid accounts, the narrative highlights a society grappling with the consequences of war, shifting power dynamics, and the struggle for identity and rights in a deeply divided nation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aKu Klux Klan (19th century)  aCampaign literature, 1872 -- Republican40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35579  c76422d76422