Reconstruction Era | The Bloody Chasm | 4
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Jim Williams and the Ku Klux Klan
Jim Williams escaped slavery during the Civil War, crossing into the north to fight for the Union Army. Now he became an outspoken captain of an all-black militia in York County, South Carolina. He declared that Governor Scott had authorized him to carry on the war. But at the urging of his minister in early 1871, Williams met with Klan members to try to de-escalate tensions.
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