The murder of Duncan Skinner : reopening a homicide investigation from the old South / Michael Wayne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wayne, Michael, 1947- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Skinner, Duncan.

Murder--Southern States--Historiography.

Murder.

Murder--Investigation--Southern States--Case studies.

Southern States--Race relations.

Southern States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press 2001

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Murder of Duncan Skinner is part murder mystery, part essay of the art of historical detection, and part seminar on the history of slavery and the Old South.

Contents:

Contents; On History as Common Sense; 1 Investigation and Verdict; 2 The Evidence; 3 The Evidence Reconsidered; 4 Slavery; 5 The Question of a Frame-Up; 6 Black Images, White Minds; 7 Democracy and Justice; 8 In Search of John McCallin; An Epitaph for Duncan Skinner; APPENDIX I: First Draft and Fragment of a Second Draft of the Letter from Alexander Farrar to Henry Drake; APPENDIX II: Court Records from the Trial of Henderson, Reuben, and Anderson; APPENDIX III: Additional Materials in the Newspapers Relating to the Trial and Execution of Henderson, Reuben, and Anderson

APPENDIX IV: Additional Archival MaterialEssay on Sources and Suggestions for Further Reading; Acknowledgments; Note to Readers; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771243-6

0-19-992378-7

1-280-48134-X

0-19-530251-6

0-19-803209-9

1-60256-433-7

OCLC:

191038391