The History of Terrorism
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1870 Republican Governor William W. Holden hired Colonel George Washington Kirk to handle the matter. He also suspended the writ of habeas corpus, and imposed martial law in Caswell and Alamance counties in response.
The Klan was preventing recently freed slaves from exercising their right to vote through intimidation.