KKK Assasinating Judge George Ashburn, 1868

The Ku Klux Klan At Work -- The Assassination Of The Hon. G.W. Ashburn, In Columbus, Georgia. Title and illustration from Frank Leslie's illustrated magazine, 1868. George W. Ashburn (1814-1868) was a Radical Republican US Senate candidate and judge assassinated by the Ku Klux Klan in Columbus, Georgia, for his pro-African-American actions. He was the first murder victim of the Klan in the state

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