TY  - BOOK
N2  - 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.
DO  - 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190241216
DO  - doi
AB  - 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.
T1  - Hannah Mary Tabbs and the disembodied torsoa tale of race, sex, and violence in America /
AU  - Gross, Kali N.,
CN  - Oxford Scholarship Online
CN  - HV6534.P5
ID  - 756862
KW  - Murder
KW  - Family violence
KW  - African Americans
KW  - African American women
KW  - Racially mixed people
SN  - 9780190494407
TI  - Hannah Mary Tabbs and the disembodied torsoa tale of race, sex, and violence in America /
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