Subj : The Birth of a Nation (19
To : Moondog
From : MRO
Date : Wed Oct 19 2022 09:43 pm
Re: The Birth of a Nation (19
By: Moondog to MRO on Wed Oct 19 2022 08:09 pm
> > i thought they wore the hood because they were supposed to be ghosts of
> > fall
>
>
> I thought they wore masks to conceal their indentities and look inimidating.
> Who wants to be identified while lynching and burning down churches and
> houses? If a suspect is picked up, he can deny it unless he had features a
> mask couldn't conceal, plus he could claim he never seen his fellow
> clansman's faces.
yeah that is why they wore it.
here's some stuff on the ghost thing
https://thereconstructionera.com/were-the-ku-klux-ghosts-of-confederate-soldiers-mississippi-1868/
POSTED INKU KLUX KLAN, WHITE SUPREMACY, WHITE SUPREMACY APOLOGETICS, WHITE TERROR
Were the Ku Klux Ghosts of Confederate Soldiers? Mississippi 1868
AUTHOR:PATRICK YOUNG PUBLISHED DATE:NOVEMBER 20, 2019 2 COMMENTSON WERE THE KU KLUX GHOSTS OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS? MISSISSIPPI 1868
This article announces the arrival of the KKK in Grenada, Miss. through the mockery of a black preacher. In the article "Uncle Ike" (older African American men were often called "Uncle" by whites), describes the Klansmen as akin to the ghosts of Confederate soldiers. Klansmen often pretended to be the ghosts of dead Confederates, claiming that "superstitious negroes" feared them as ghostly apparitions. Of course, it is more likely that they were feared because they were armed white supremacists with homicidal proclivities and military training in the Confederate armies.
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