Project Gutenberg 2011-03-15 Public domain in the USA. 159 Anonymous Anonyme Anonymous, Anonymous 12008003 The Nation's Peril. Twelve Years' Experience in the South. Then and Now. The Ku Klux Klan, a Complete Exposition of the Order: Its Purpose, Plans, Operations, Social and Political Significance; The Nation's Salvation. Produced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.) "The Nation's Peril" by Anonymous is an exposé on the Ku Klux Klan, written in the late 19th century. This work provides a detailed account of the Klan's origins, operations, and the social terror it inflicted upon both black and white citizens in the post-Civil War South. The text offers harrowing narratives of violence and oppression against individuals who opposed the Klan’s ideologies, and it is framed as a call to understand the urgent issues of racial violence and civil rights during Reconstruction. The opening of "The Nation's Peril" sets the stage for an exploration of the brutal reality faced by many during this tumultuous period. It introduces the plight of individuals such as Edward Thompson, a black man murdered for his Republican beliefs, and the Furguson family, who suffered horrific violence for their advocacy of civil rights. The text emphasizes the sinister and organized nature of the Klan's campaigns of intimidation and violence, illustrating not only the physical assaults but also the psychological terror that reduced entire communities to fear. Through vivid accounts, the narrative highlights a society grappling with the consequences of war, shifting power dynamics, and the struggle for identity and rights in a deeply divided nation. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 60.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Ku Klux Klan (19th century) Campaign literature, 1872 -- Republican E660 Text Category: History - American Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Religious Category: History - Warfare 294555 2025-08-14T11:50:43.300002 text/html 296900 2021-01-07T15:36:52 text/html 176245 2025-08-14T11:50:49.232982 application/epub+zip 178972 2025-08-14T11:50:45.111941 application/epub+zip 178971 2025-08-14T11:50:43.976968 application/epub+zip 337043 2025-08-14T11:50:52.195983 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 314945 2025-08-14T11:50:48.491007 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 226409 2022-09-16T09:51:29.964506 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 270911 2025-08-14T11:50:42.805982 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 270815 2021-01-07T15:36:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 270807 2021-01-07T15:36:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21295 2025-08-14T11:50:52.326937 application/rdf+xml 12913 2025-08-14T11:50:44.472965 image/jpeg 3490 2025-08-14T11:50:44.222943 image/jpeg 100700 2021-01-07T15:36:52 application/octet-stream application/zip 105887 2021-01-07T15:36:52 application/octet-stream application/zip 100682 2021-01-07T15:36:52 application/octet-stream application/zip 168851 2025-08-14T11:50:43.323954 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia More titles under Unknown