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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778979603321

Autore

Kasserman David Richard

Titolo

Fall River outrage [[electronic resource] ] : life, murder, and justice in early industrial New England / / David Richard Kasserman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986

ISBN

1-283-21132-7

9786613211323

0-8122-0088-8

0-585-11631-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 p.)

Disciplina

345.73/02523

347.3052523

Soggetti

Trials (Murder) - Rhode Island - Newport

Working class - Massachusetts - Fall River - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

4th paperback printing, 1996.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.