How Did Southern Democrats Create Violence During The Reconstruction Era?

Southern Democrats used intimidation, violence, and restrictive laws to undo gains in African American freedoms. This is shown in many ways throughout the Reconstruction Era, one way is Abram Colby’s story and what the Klansmen did to him, the Black Codes, and Klan violence in general. Abram Colby’s story was that the Klansmen broke into his house and beat him for hours and left him to die. They even offered him money to go with them, or to send someone else to take his place. They wanted to keep Colby out of politics. The Klansmen ran him off during the election and threatened to kill him if he stayed. On the Saturday night before the election, Colby went to church. When he got home, his house was sprayed with bullets (Klansmen Broke My Door