Fall River outrage : life, murder, and justice in early industrial New England /

Fall River Outrage recounts one of the most sensational and widely reported murder cases in early nineteenth-century America. When, in 1832, a pregnant mill worker was found hanged, the investigation implicated a prominent Methodist minister. Fearing adverse publicity, both the industrialists of Fal...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kasserman, David Richard
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglês
Publicado em: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press 1986.
Colecção:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Acesso em linha:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt3fhrs2
Sumário:
  • 1. The Outrage 5
  • 2. Beginning a Life in the Mills 29
  • 3. Ending a Life in the Mills 51
  • 4. The Minister 75
  • 5. Preliminary Engagements 99
  • 6. The Prosecution 133
  • 7. The Defense 159
  • 8. The Verdict 187
  • 9. Public Justice 213.