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Both the Knights of the White Camellia and the Redeemers were secret societies in the southern United States during the Reconstruction era. They were associated with white supremacist beliefs and used violence and intimidation to oppose Reconstruction policies and assert white supremacy in the South.
The Ku Klux Klan, The Knights of the White Camelia, And The White Brotherhood.
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The redeemers in the South supported states' rights and white supremacy. The Redeemers were an all-white, pro-Democratic party group of individuals comprised of wealthy businessmen, farmers and merchants.
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Redeemers
Redeemers
they worked to put white southerners back into power
The Order of the White Camelia was formed during the reconstruction period in Louisiana. It was not the Ku Klux Klan, as that organization was founded in Tennesee. The Camelia was far more brutal than the Ku Klux Klan and in large part helped bring the reconstruction era to a close after the Colfax riot in Louisiana. A good book referencing the White Camelia is Ted Tunnel's "The Crucible of Reconstruction".
The term used by southerners for a return to Democratic white rule was redeemers.
The term used by southerners for a return to Democratic white rule was redeemers.
they worked to put white southerners back into power