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.

CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION.
BY WALTER L. FLEMING. 13

KU KLUX KLAN.

BY J.C. LESTER AND D.L. WILSON.

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Chapter I. The Origin 47

Chapter II. The Spread of the Klan 68

Chapter III. The Transformation 83

Chapter IV. The Decline 100

Chapter V. Disbandment 125

APPENDICES.

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Appendix I. Prescript of Ku Klux Klan 133

Appendix II. Revised and Amended Prescript of Ku Klux Klan 151

Appendix III. Constitution of a Local Order 177

Appendix IV. Ku Klux Orders, Warnings, and Oaths 187

Index 199

ILLUSTRATIONS

1. Badge worn by high officials of the Klan. See outside cover.

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2. Some Klansmen 19

3. General Nathan Bedford Forrest, Grand Wizard 28

4. General John B. Gordon 33

5. Room in which the Klan was organized 53

6. Costumes worn in Mississippi and West Alabama 58

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