THE KU KLUX KLAN’S election intimidation campaign in Wilmington began on Sunday, March 22, 1868. That morning, notices signed by the headquarters of the Ku Klux Klan suddenly appeared at prominent locations in the city. The placards, described by one white supremacist newspaper as “done up beautifully in carmine writing fluid,” delivered warnings that were both ominous and baroque: K. K. K. Baker’s Tomb, Eastern Division, Windy Month, Cloudy Day, Bloody Hour. Ku Klux: The hour approacheth! Shake up, dry bones, and meet the Mysterious Circles of the Dry Sphere. From East to West, from North to
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