A rape in the early republic : gender and legal culture in an 1806 Virginia trial / Alexander Smyth ; Edited and with an introduction by Randal L. Hall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smyth, Alexander, 1765-1830, author.

Hall, Randal L., 1971- author of introduction, editor.

Series:

New directions in southern history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deskins, John--Trials, litigation, etc.

Deskins, John.

Hanson, Sidney--Trials, litigation, etc.

Hanson, Sidney.

Trials (Rape)--Virginia--Tazewell County.

Trials (Rape).

Tazewell County (Va.)--History.

Tazewell County (Va.).

Virginia--Tazewell County.

Physical Description:

x, 122 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2017]

Summary:

On January 14, 1806, Sidney Hanson was taped by John Deskins on a rough gravel path in the woods in Tazewell County, Virginia. In the early nineteenth century, trials for rape were rare, and scanty court records typically lacked the detail needed to reconstruct the lives of those involved and evaluate the social and physical setting of the crime. Yet the events on that fateful day would be the exception. In A Rape in the Early Republic, Randal L. Hall presents the complete narrative of Alexander Smyth, the prosecutor in the 1806 trial, and offers essential context which frames this rate primary document. Featuring classroom discussion ideas and a list of suggested reading, this book will be a valuable resource for students and scholars as well as anyone interested in gender, law, and society in the early republic. Book jacket.

Contents:

The Invitation to Publish 29

The Testimony 31

The Argument to the Jury 63

The Sentencing 99.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813169521

0813169526

OCLC:

959038615

Publisher Number:

99971605019