Race in the United States criminal justice system same time period, unequal treaties towards Native Americans led to a large decrease in Native American land holdings, and Native Americans were forced into reservations. Latin Americans entering the country were also a target for the penal system during this time. The Ku Klux Klan, was founded in 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee as a vigilante organization whose goal was to keep control over freed slaves; It performed acts of lawlessness against negroes and other minorities. This included taking negro prisoners from the custody of officers or breaking into jails to put them to death. Few efforts were made by civil
USS Pulaski (1854) not in a position to be navigated back to the United States. Subsequently purchased and renamed USS "Pulaski", she operated in South American waters from early 1859 until 22 January 1863, when she was decommissioned and sold by auction at Montevideo, Uruguay. In the first months of 1865 she was purchased by Paraguay. Until about 1870 she operated on the Río de la Plata as a civilian vessel. USS Pulaski (1854) USS "Pulaski", was a side-wheel steamship, in service with the United States Navy. She was named for Kazimierz Pułaski. Named "Metacomet" when built for commercial owners in 1854, she