Nine South Carolina counties are placed under…

April 1871 CE

Nine South Carolina counties are placed under martial law in October 1871 under the Ku Klux Klan Act of April 20, 1871.

This act and earlier statutes result in more than five thousand indictments and twelve hundred and fifty convictions throughout the South.

The major provisions of the acts authorize federal authorities to enforce penalties upon anyone interfering with the registration, voting, officeholding, or jury service of blacks; provided for federal election supervisors; and empower the president to use military forces to make summary arrests.

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Washington District of Columbia Dist of Columbia United States View →

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South Carolina, State of (U.S.A.) View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → KKK (Ku Klux Klan) View →

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Party System, Third (United States) View → American Civil War & Reconstruction; 1864 through 1875 View →

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