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Post-Signing Enforcement Actions

When
1871
Where
Nine counties in South Carolina
Part of
Grant signs the Civil Rights Act of 1871

Grant invoked the Insurrection Act to station troops in nine South Carolina counties after the Klan refused to dissolve following the act's passage.

The Klan refused to voluntarily dissolve after the 1871 Klan Act. In response, President Grant issued a suspension of habeas corpus and stationed federal troops in nine South Carolina counties by invoking the Insurrection Act of 1807. The passage does not date the enforcement action beyond 1871.

Sources

  1. Ku Klux Klan Wikipedia
  2. Ulysses S. Grant Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-06

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