Really, it was a confederate veterans club at first. It wasn't until the Reconstruction Act divided the south into 5 military districts, whose commanders appointed a lot of illiterate former slaves to government positions, that it started leaning into terrorism.
Really, it was a confederate veterans club at first. It wasn't until the Reconstruction Act divided the south into 5 military districts, whose commanders appointed a lot of illiterate former slaves to government positions, that it started leaning into terrorism.