Freedom on Trial: The First Post-Civil War Battle Over Civil Rights and Voter Suppression

by Scott Farris

Book Overview

The Confederacy lost the Civil War but quickly began to win the peace when a mysterious organization arose called the Ku Klux Klan. The Ku Klux, as it was then called, sought to restore white supremacy by terrorizing the formerly enslaved to prevent them from voting or owning firearms. To support Black resistance to the KKK's campaign of murder and mayhem, President Ulysses S. Grant suspended the writ of habeas corpus in large portions of South...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1493067427
• ISBN13: 9781493067428
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.6" x 8.7"