Proceedings in the Ku Klux Trials 1969 Negro University Press Facsimile HC Good

Negro Universities Press, 1969. Facsimile edition cloth bound hardcover of Proceedings in the Ku Klux Trials at Columbia, S.C.: In the United States Circuit Court, November Term, 1871. Printed From Government Copy by Negro Universities Press.

Includes clipped newspaper articles from The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, SC.

A primary source legal document detailing the federal court cases against members of the Ku Klux Klan in South Carolina. It contains the transcripts, testimonies, and judgments from these landmark Reconstruction-era trials held in Columbia. This volume provides crucial insight into the federal government's attempt to use the Enforcement Acts of 1870 and 1871 to prosecute white supremacist violence and protect the civil rights of newly enfranchised Black citizens.

Good condition. Tanning to the front end paper where newspaper clippings were inserted. Solid binding. Nice book with shelf wear.