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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09386 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | KKK broadside |
| Date | ca. 1868 |
| Document Type | Broadside |
| Content Description | "KKK" surrounding large crude woodcut of coffin under skull and crossbones. "The Trial Is At Hand! / The appointed day and hour will soon come!! Fail not-& if thou dost-**** / At night when the clock strikes **…[inserted in Ms: "the Stars Means to night 7 o clock"] be ye faithful unto your trust- nor wind, nor hail, nor rain, nor storm, nor conscience, nor craven fear, shall excuse. / Dost Hear! Dost Heed! / Thus now do I call, and yet Once Again, and if ye heed not*****-***- / K.X.R.T.E.H.Y. / Cyclopean, Seeretary [sic]. / By order of the Grand Cyclops!!" Ryland Randolph, editor of Independent Monitor, and Grand Cyclops of Ku Klux Klan Den, Tuscaloosa, AL. Only known broadside of Reconstruction Era Ku Klux Klan. |
| Subjects | Ku Klux Klan African American History Reconstruction |
| Theme | Reconstruction; African Americans; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |