This Mississippi history book by John K. Bettersworth of 1959, show the premeditated idea of secession from the southern states to withdrawal from the Union if Lincoln is elected as president. The differences in History books within the United States during different periods, many Historians, powerful individuals, and groups had a slanted viewpoint on slavery and the South. Some used their influence to persuade others, one such group was the UDC. The United Daughters of the Confederacy is an association of female descendants of Confederate veterans. The national organization was founded on September 10, 1894, in Nashville TN. Before the UDC was founded, several ladies’ associations worked through the South during the Civil War to supply needs
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After the Reconstruction Era, there was a deliberate and conscious misrepresentation in Southern History by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Women’s Clubs, and the Ku Klux Klan. Mildred Lewis Rutherford, the president of the Georgia division of the UDC from 1899-1902 and the first Historian General of the national UDC organization from 1911-1916 campaigned for “telling of a truthful history of the south.” She also urged UDC members to “correct the wrongs of history.” Rutherford stated in Wrongs of History Righted, “No, the war was not fought to hold slaves, but a few selfish Southern people may have thought so.” Yet the Mississippi Secession Document of the Mississippi Delegation cited the reason quite clearly, “Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery—the greatest material interest of the world.” Several other Southern states Secession Documents named the institution of slavery as the cause of secession. As the Historian General for the UDC, Rutherford also gave recommendations for rejecting a textbook that the entire UDC organization was to …show more content…
Laura Martin Rose also referred to as S.E.F. Rose was the State Historian for Mississippi and later President of the Mississippi UDC. After Rutherford, Rose became the second UDC Historian General. Mrs. Laura Martin Rose born in Pulaski Tennessee, the birthplace of the Klan. Laura Martin Rose was widely known in the UDC for her efforts in praising the KKK. In her book, The Ku Klux Klan or Invisible Empire, Mrs. S.E.F. Rose, used her personal knowledge and even her personal connections to remaining original members, such as: Nathan Bedford Forrest to write the book. In the Dedication, “This book is dedicated by the author to the Youth of the Southland, hoping that a perusal of its pages will inspire them with respect and admiration for the Confederate soldiers, who were the real Ku Klux, and whose deeds of courage and valor, have never been surpassed, and rarely equaled, in the annals of history.” These ideals were implemented into textbooks soon after. This American History book by Nathaniel Wright Stephenson in 1913 stated, the KKK was a secret society used to scare and terrify “simple minded black folk” into believing supernatural powers had forbidden them from participating in politics. He justified the Klansman because they protected Southern whites from their irresponsible tyrants. (Government). He also stated in the paragraph outlined in green, imposter Klansman gave the “genuine” Klansman a bad name for the violent
After the Reconstruction Era, there was a deliberate and conscious misrepresentation in Southern History by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Women’s Clubs, and the Ku Klux Klan. Mildred Lewis Rutherford, the president of the Georgia division of the UDC from 1899-1902 and the first Historian General of the national UDC organization from 1911-1916 campaigned for “telling of a truthful history of the south.” She also urged UDC members to “correct the wrongs of history.” Rutherford stated in Wrongs of History Righted, “No, the war was not fought to hold slaves, but a few selfish Southern people may have thought so.” Yet the Mississippi Secession Document of the Mississippi Delegation cited the reason quite clearly, “Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery—the greatest material interest of the world.” Several other Southern states Secession Documents named the institution of slavery as the cause of secession. As the Historian General for the UDC, Rutherford also gave recommendations for rejecting a textbook that the entire UDC organization was to …show more content…
Laura Martin Rose also referred to as S.E.F. Rose was the State Historian for Mississippi and later President of the Mississippi UDC. After Rutherford, Rose became the second UDC Historian General. Mrs. Laura Martin Rose born in Pulaski Tennessee, the birthplace of the Klan. Laura Martin Rose was widely known in the UDC for her efforts in praising the KKK. In her book, The Ku Klux Klan or Invisible Empire, Mrs. S.E.F. Rose, used her personal knowledge and even her personal connections to remaining original members, such as: Nathan Bedford Forrest to write the book. In the Dedication, “This book is dedicated by the author to the Youth of the Southland, hoping that a perusal of its pages will inspire them with respect and admiration for the Confederate soldiers, who were the real Ku Klux, and whose deeds of courage and valor, have never been surpassed, and rarely equaled, in the annals of history.” These ideals were implemented into textbooks soon after. This American History book by Nathaniel Wright Stephenson in 1913 stated, the KKK was a secret society used to scare and terrify “simple minded black folk” into believing supernatural powers had forbidden them from participating in politics. He justified the Klansman because they protected Southern whites from their irresponsible tyrants. (Government). He also stated in the paragraph outlined in green, imposter Klansman gave the “genuine” Klansman a bad name for the violent