Knights of the Golden Circle records [manuscript], 1865.

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Knights of the Golden Circle records [manuscript], 1865.

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Documents concerning their activities during the Civil War, including a letter from John O. Shelton, 1965 Feb. 22, and a "Statement of John O. Shelton in regard to a secret political organization in Oregon," 1865 Feb. 10.

.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Knights of the Golden Circle

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Created in 1854 by George W. L. Bickley, a Virginia-born physician, the Knights of the Golden Circle (KGC) was a secret organization that sympathized with the southern states and sought to establish a slaveholding nation encompassing the southern United States and Central America in a “Golden Circle.” The group championed the preservation of slavery from the perceived threat of northern Abolitionism. By 1859, KGC membership spread through the southern states and Texas, where the gro...

Shelton, John O.

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