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According to Trelease, whites during Reconstruction were afraid of a violent black uprising. In some cases, using this fear as a basis, they violently searched the houses of many of the black community members. Do you think whites were actually scared of this type of uprising, even though they were often the majority and better armed, or was it just another excuse to assert their authority? - Angie | According to Trelease, whites during Reconstruction were afraid of a violent black uprising. In some cases, using this fear as a basis, they violently searched the houses of many of the black community members. Do you think whites were actually scared of this type of uprising, even though they were often the majority and better armed, or was it just another excuse to assert their authority? - Angie | ||
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| + | Angie, this is a question I've always asked when thinking about the slave rebellions, the Reconstruction racism, and in this case, the KKK. The answer I always came to is "Yes." They say there is often nothing more dangerous than a man with nothing to lose who has found something worth fighting for, and that definitely would seem to be the case, at least in the perception of the southern whites. --Cash | ||
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| + | Why was the Klan made up largely of agrarian southern whites? Was this not a mindset held by the aristocracy as well? --Cash | ||
== Fahs/Waugh, "Anna Dickinson" == | == Fahs/Waugh, "Anna Dickinson" == | ||
