Fall River Outrage : : Life, Murder, and Justice in Early Industrial New England /

Fall River Outrage : : Life, Murder, and Justice in Early Industrial New England / / David Richard Kasserman.

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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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn Press eBook Package American History
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Kasserman, David Richard,
Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2010]
©1986
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (296 p.) :; 20 illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Outrage
  • 2. Beginning a Life in the Mills
  • 3. Ending a Life in the Mills
  • 4. The Minister
  • 5. Preliminary Engagements
  • 6. The Prosecution
  • 7.The Defense
  • 8. The Verdict
  • 9. Public Justice
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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