Statements (23)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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gptkbp:affectedStates |
gptkb:South_Carolina
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Ku_Klux_Klan_Act
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gptkbp:approvedBy |
federal intervention in states
suspension of habeas corpus |
gptkbp:citation |
gptkb:17_Stat._13
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gptkbp:dateEnacted |
April 20, 1871
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gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:United_States_Congress
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gptkbp:enforcedBy |
used to prosecute Klan members
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gptkbp:historicalName |
gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Enforcement Act of 1871
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gptkbp:legacy |
basis for civil rights lawsuits against government officials
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gptkbp:partOf |
Reconstruction Era legislation
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gptkbp:purpose |
enforce the Fourteenth Amendment
protect African Americans from violence and intimidation |
gptkbp:relatedGroup |
Ku Klux Klan
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gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Enforcement_Act_of_1870
gptkb:Enforcement_Act_of_1875 |
gptkbp:section |
gptkb:42_U.S.C._§_1983
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gptkbp:signedBy |
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Enforcement_Acts
gptkb:Ku_Klux_Klan_Act |
gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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