Fall River Outrage

Life, Murder, and Justice in Early Industrial New England

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, 19th Century
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Author: David Richard Kasserman ISBN: 9780812200881
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc. Publication: August 3, 2010
Imprint: University of Pennsylvania Press Language: English
Author: David Richard Kasserman
ISBN: 9780812200881
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
Publication: August 3, 2010
Imprint: University of Pennsylvania Press
Language: English

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.

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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.

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