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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03979 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1870s |
| Title | Ku Klux Klan to Abolitionist Charles Sumner with a threat unless he leaves Washington |
| Date | 18 February 1872 |
| Author | Ku Klux Klan |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | The KKK order Senator Sumner, a noted abolitionist and advocate for African-American rights, to leave Washington, D. C. before 4 March 1872. The Klan declares "the KK are strong in this Section and bifor Long we will Sting the Yankee Farmer Living in this place as we want to clean the Yankee from this Land So take warning one and all". |
| Subjects | Ku Klux Klan Government and Civics African American History Reconstruction |
| People | Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) |
| Place written | Culpeper, Virginia |
| Theme | Slavery & Abolition; African Americans; Reconstruction |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |