Date Original
1870 May 19
Description
This collection contains one broadside governor's proclamation.
Biographical/Historical Note
A proclamation was issued on May 19, 1870, by Governor Powell Clayton offering a 200 dollar reward for the arrest and conviction of Frank A. Moore, a Ku Klux Klan (KKK) member and participant in the Red River raid of 1868. Clayton was nominated as the republican gubernatorial nominee in the 1868 convention and became the ninth governor of Arkansas. Clayton confronted opposition, having garnered resistance from conservative political leaders as well as having the KKK label him a “Radical Republican”. Violence against Republicans led Governor Clayton to organize a state militia and used them to suppress the Klan. In fourteen counties across Arkansas, Clayton declared martial law in 1868 and successfully ended many Klan endeavors throughout the state at that time.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Arkansas
Language
English
Identifier
SMC.OV.017
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Governor Clayton proclamation, SMC.OV.017
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Governor Clayton proclamation, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
