• Home
  • General Terms
    • Amnesty Act of 1872
    • Election of 1872
    • Panic of 1873
    • Civil Rights Act of 1875
    • Election of 1876
    • Compromise of 1877
    • Impeachment>
      • Andrew Johnson impeachment
    • Radical Republicans>
      • Reconstruction Acts
    • African Americans in Society>
      • Black Codes
      • KKK
      • Freedmen's Bureau
    • Scalawags & Carpet Buggers
    • Johnson's Reconstruction Policies
  • Famous People
    • Abraham Lincoln
    • Andrew Johnson
    • Ulysses Grant
    • Thaddeus Stevens
    • Charles Sumner
    • Oliver O. Howard
    • Nathan Bedford Forrest
  • Amendments
  • Videos
  • Assessment

Nathan Bedford Forrest

Forrest was the first "Grand Wizard", or leader, of the Ku Klux Klan, a secret white supremacy organization dedicated to preventing minorities from functioning properly in society. They are mainly against blacks and Jews, but will target any non-white ethnicity. In the Civil War, Forrest performed hateful war crimes, slaughtering hundreds of black Union soldiers. After the war, he joined the KKK, and was thought of to be the Grand Wizard. He composed and lead many white supremacy missions and acts across the South, most notably Tennessee. 

Forrest

Picture
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.