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Inquisition for blood : the making of a Black female serial killer in the Jim Crow South / Lauren Nicole Henley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Henley, Lauren Nicole, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Barnabet, Clementine.
- Serial murderers--Louisiana--History.
- Serial murderers.
- Women serial murderers--United States.
- Women serial murderers.
- Murder--United States--Case studies.
- Murder.
- Serial murderers in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (302 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Place of Publication:
- Baton Rouge, LA : Louisiana State University Press, [2026]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- The first crimes: interpersonal violence and serial murder
- Unlikable suspects: William McWilliams and Raymond Barnabet
- Arresting Clementine: tortured admission and a media maneuver
- Inevitable crimes: religious fanaticism and the axman
- Self-defense strategies: the axman strikes again
- Clementine's confession: a Black female serial killer is made
- Clementine's prediction: the axman's reign of terror in Texas
- Clementine's trial: mental illness versus moral perversion
- Clementine's incarceration: serving time at Angola.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-293) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.
- Online resource; title from digital title page (Project MUSE platform, viewed May 27, 2026).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Henley, Lauren Nicole. Inquisition for blood.
- ISBN:
- 9780807186732
- 0807186732
- 9780807186725
- 0807186724
- Publisher Number:
- 40033198739
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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