The Reconstructionera Ku Klux Klan was a paramilitary group with politicalaims that used violence and intimidation to achieve its goals. This workaddresses excl... » 

The Reconstructionera Ku Klux Klan was a paramilitary group with politicalaims that used violence and intimidation to achieve its goals. This workaddresses exclusively the Klans activities in York County South Carolinaduring the years 18651877.It clarifies some misconceptions about the Reconstruction Klan and disentanglesit from later organizations that used the same name. There are no reports ofits burning crosses or persecuting Jews and Catholics and it has no connectionto the Klan that appeared in the early part of the twentieth century or todayscounterpart that marches under the Confederate flag. «