Fall River outrage : life, murder, and justice in early industrial New England / David Richard Kasserman.

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.

Trials (Murder)--Rhode Island--Newport.

Trials (Murder).

Working class--Massachusetts--Fall River--History.

Working class.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 Fall River and the New England Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church engaged in energetic campaigns to obtain a favorable verdict. It was also one of the earliest attempts by American lawyers to prove their client innocent by assassinating the moral character of the female victim. Fall River Outrage provides insight in American social, legal, and labor history as well as women's studies.

Contents:

Front matter

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

Notes:

4th paperback printing, 1996.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613211323

9781283211321

1283211327

9780812200881

0812200888

9780585116310

0585116318

OCLC:

44965345