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  • Description is exactly "(15) A March 3, 1869 Clearfield, PA Raftsmans' Journal report of Klan harassment of a "Mrs. Graham," superintendent of a Freedmen's school in Florence, by members of the Klan. Attempts to research this "Mrs. Graham" and her school have to date been unsuccessful. I'm not sure if this is a reference to the Freedmen's Public School which opened in Florence in November, 1866, or another school, such as that begun by EM Mears and wife shortly before the Freedmen's Public School was founded. These Klansmen also may not have been from Florence-Lauderdale. More research needs to be done."

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This is a collection of articles related to the original Ku Klux Klan that formed just after the Civil War.

The Ku Klux Klan was founded in late May or June of 1866 by six bored ex-Confederates in Pulaski, Tennessee: J. Calvin Jones; Frank…
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