Ku Klux Klan Conspiracy 1871 Congressional Documents

In 1869, a federal grand jury declared the Ku Klux Klan to be a terrorist organization. In January 1871, Pennsylvania Republican senator John Scott convened a committee, which took testimony from witnesses about Klan atrocities. In 1872, the U.S. Congress published the 13 volume "Report of the Joint Select Committee Appointed to Inquire in to the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States." Historians often referred to these volumes as the KKK Testimony.

This disc contains the following eleven volumes: Volume II contains the testimony taken by the committee in relation to North Carolina, and the report of the trials in the United States circuit court held at Raleigh, North Carolina. Volumes III, and IV contain testimony taken by the committee in relation to South Carolina. Volumes VI and VII contain testimony taken by the committee in relation to Georgia. Volumes VIII, IX, and X contain testimony taken by the committee in relation to Alabama. Volumes XI and XII contain testimony taken by the committee in relation to Mississippi. Volume XIII contains miscellaneous testimony taken by the committee, and testimony in relation to Florida, and miscellaneous documents.

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