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Hannah Mary Tabbs and the disembodied torso : a tale of race, sex, and violence in America /

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Shortly after the discovery of a headless, limbless torso on the bank of a pond just outside of Philadelphia, investigators homed in on two black suspects: Hannah Mary Tabbs and George Wilson, a young man Tabbs implicates shortly after her arrest. The ensuing trial spanned several months, with court...

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Main Author: Gross, Kali N., 1972- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Tabbs, Hannah Mary.
Tabbs, Hannah Mary
Murder > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Case studies.
Family violence > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Case studies.
African Americans > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Social conditions > 19th century.
African American women > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Social conditions > 19th century.
Multiracial people > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Social conditions > 19th century.
United States > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Meurtre > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Études de cas.
Violence familiale > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Études de cas.
Noirs américains > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
Noires américaines > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Americas (North.
HISTORY.
African American.
Women.
Legal History.
LAW.
Multiracial people > Social conditions
African American women > Social conditions
African Americans > Social conditions
Family violence
Murder
Race relations
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
United States
1800-1899
Electronic books.
True crime literature.
Case studies
History
True crime stories
True crime stories.
Récits criminels.
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