Knights of the White Camelia

Knights of the White Camelia
White Camelia
LeadersAlcibiades DeBlanc
Dates of operation1867 – c.1870
IdeologyWhite supremacy
Neo-Confederatism
AlliesKu Klux Klan, Dixiecrats, Southern Democratic Party
OpponentsU.S. Government, U.S. Republican Party, carpetbaggers, scalawags, African-Americans

The Knights of the White Camelia was an American white supremacist organization that operated in the Southern United States in the late 19th century. Similar to and associated with the Ku Klux Klan, it opposed freedmen's rights.