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Reasons For The Assassination Of African Americans

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Rising of the KKK was arranged due to them believing in white supremacy. They believed whites were higher than black and they were superior, due thinking that whites were closer to God. During the slavery period in American, the KKK rose. Due to threatening and frightening African Americans to stay in their place as slaves. African Americans overthrowing and becoming superior, was what the KKK feared. The KKK needed African Americans, therefore they did not kill them. America's economy was being held up by African Americans being slaves. This meant working for longs hours for no pay. When slavery was abolished by Abraham Lincoln -strong, powerful- , the KKK started killing and torturing African Americans due to not needing them anymore. Because
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