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Fall River outrage : life, murder, and justice in early industrial New England / David Richard Kasserman.
LIBRA KF223.A94 K37 1986
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kasserman, David Richard.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Avery, Ephraim K., 1799-1869--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Avery, Ephraim K.
- Cornell, Sarah Maria, 1802-1832.
- Cornell, Sarah Maria.
- Avery, Ephraim K., 1799-1869.
- Trials (Murder)--Rhode Island--Newport.
- Trials (Murder).
- Labor--Massachusetts--Fall River--History.
- Labor.
- Labor movement--Massachusetts--Fall River--History.
- Labor movement.
- Working class--Massachusetts--Fall River--History.
- Working class.
- Massachusetts--Fall River.
- History.
- Rhode Island--Newport.
- Physical Description:
- x, 280 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986.
- Summary:
- Fall River Outrage recounts of one of the most sensational and widely reported murder cases. When, in 1832 Sarah Cornell, a pregnant mill worker, was found hung, the investigation implicated a prominent Methodist minister, Ephraim Kingsbury Avery. Fearing adverse publicity, both the industrialists of Fall River and the New England Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church engaged in energetic campaigns to obtain a favorable verdict.
- Fall River Outrage provides insight in American social, legal, and labor history and in women's studies. This is one of the earliest attempts by American lawyers to prove their client innocent by assassinating the moral character of the female victim. Moreover, the biographies of the two central characters also present an unusual opportunity to read life histories of average people participating in the creation of Jacksonian society.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages [255]-272.
- ISBN:
- 0812280024
- 0812212223
- OCLC:
- 12805696
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