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texasmentor54 · 70-79, M
He did not start it, but he WAS the first Grand Wizard of the KKK from 1867 to 1869. He did eventually become disillusioned and abolished the original Klan. It was founded two years earlier by six former officers of the Confederate army In Pulaski, Tennessee. Nathan Forrest was HARDLY a "great man". He was a blatant racist and a murderer. He WAS a great military leader and general, for what that's worth.
Dixieland · 31-35, M
@texasmentor54 he became honorary grand master aginst his wishes he even kiss a black woman on stage at the meeting once to prove that blacks are equal he wasn't a murderer unless your talking about grant and Sherman and lincoin then yes all if them were