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On this day, October 12, 1871, Pres. Grant took the 1st first step to suspending habeas corpus in
Kevin M. Kruse Retweeted#otd 150 years ago, Pres. US Grant took the 1st first step to suspending the writ of habeas corpus in 9 South Carolina counties where Klan terrorism had grown so widespread as "to defy the constituted authorities of said State and of the United States."
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026994/1871-10-13/ed-1/seq-1/
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026994/1871-10-13/ed-1/seq-1/
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