Mar 27, 2014 - Sale 2342

Sale 2342 - Lot 240

Unsold
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
(CIVIL RIGHTS.) RECONSTRUCTION--KU KLUX KLAN. Plan of the Contemplated Murder of John Campbell Pictorial wood engraved broadside, 15-3/4 x 9-7/8 inches; creases where folded; tiny professional repair at the conjunction of the folds; matted Np, 1871

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A rare broadside account of the kidnapping, attempted lynching and subsequent release of John Campbell. Campbell, a white man from Moore County, North Carolina had run afoul of the local Ku Klux for his Republican views. The engraving shows a group of outlandishly cowled figures surrounding Campbell, who is on his knees and about to be lynched. This image was engraved from a photograph taken on the spot. Another engraving titled "The Planning of the contemplated murder of John Campbell" exists, and shows the group in a slightly different setting in a wooded area. rare. oclc gives three locations for this piece: duke, east carolina, and the huntington library.