Bibliograph

Hannah Mary Tabbs and the disembodied torso, a tale of race, sex, and violence in America, Kali Nicole Gross

Type

Label

Hannah Mary Tabbs and the disembodied torso, a tale of race, sex, and violence in America, Kali Nicole Gross

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hannah Mary Tabbs and the disembodied torso

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

945784102

Responsibility statement

Kali Nicole Gross

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Sub title

a tale of race, sex, and violence in America

Summary

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 procceedings lasting from February to September-a record length of time for the late-nineteenth century. The crime and its adjudication took center stage in presses from New York to Missouri. The nature of the case allowed otherwise taboo subjects such as illicit sex, adultery, and domestic violence in the black community to become fodder for mainstream public discourses on race, gender, and crime. By mapping the crime and its investigation as events unfolded, this book spotlights the chasm between African Americans and the legal system and shows how biased policing helped foment to urban crime--, Provided by Publisher

Target audience

specialized

Creator