Use with care: the Klan and violence material is important but should be corroborated and contextualized rather than sensationalized.
The chapter separates the historical tax-and-enforcement system from the simplified cultural moonshiner myth.
Renewed federal excise taxes and enforcement after the Civil War produced new forms of evasion and resistance. Rural illicit distilling, urban illegal production, political violence, and some Ku Klux Klan alliances were later compressed into a romantic rural-outlaw image.
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Chapter Six — Coffin Varnish
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Evidence
Renewed federal excise taxes and enforcement after the Civil War produced new forms of evasion and resistance. Rural illicit distilling, urban illegal production, political violence, and some Ku Klux Klan alliances were later compressed into a romantic rural-outlaw image.
Locator
Locator type: Page
Start: 76
End: 81
Source section: Chapter Six — Coffin Varnish
Context
The chapter separates the historical tax-and-enforcement system from the simplified cultural moonshiner myth.
Annotation
Use with care: the Klan and violence material is important but should be corroborated and contextualized rather than sensationalized.
Verification
Status: Verified
September 29 fresh audit: matched to supplied PDF sheets 76–81. These are PDF sheet numbers, not the print-edition pagination used in the index. Verification concerns source fidelity, not independent historical/scientific corroboration.