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Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Broadside, "Knights of Columbus Oath. Fourth Degree", 1913

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A counterfeit printed oath of the Knights of Columbus. Fourth Degree., an international Catholic fraternal service organization. This small broadside was intentionally printed to include extreme and sensational language falsely portraying the organization as violently anti-Protestant and anti-Masonic. Anti-Catholic propaganda, like this broadside, was distributed in the early 20th century by various nativist groups, white-supremacists, and hate groups like the Ku Klux Klan.

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Broadside, "Knights of Columbus Oath. Fourth Degree", 1913 .01 Linear Feet

A counterfeit printed oath of the Knights of Columbus. Fourth Degree., an international Catholic fraternal service organization. This small broadside was intentionally printed to include extreme and sensational language falsely portraying the organization as violently anti-Protestant and anti-Masonic. Anti-Catholic propaganda, like this broadside, was distributed in the early 20th century by various nativist groups, white-supremacists, and hate groups like the Ku Klux Klan.

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