Knights of the White Camelia

Knights of the White Camelia
Knights of the White Camelia
White Camelia
	Alcibiades DeBlanc, the group's founder.
Leaders	Alcibiades DeBlanc
Dates of operation	1867 – c. 1870
Ideology	White supremacy
Allies	Ku Klux Klan
Opponents	U.S. Government, U.S. Republican Party, carpetbaggers, scalawags, African-Americans
	Preceded by; Confederate Army veterans Succeeded by; White League

The Knights of the White Camelia was an American political organization that operated in the Southern United States in the late 19th century. Similar to and associated with the Ku Klux Klan, it supported White supremacy and opposed freedmen's rights.^[1]

^ Fleming, Walter Lynwood (1911). "Ku Klux Klan" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 942.

[EB1911-1] Fleming, Walter Lynwood (1911). "Ku Klux Klan" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 942.

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