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

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-
Other Authors: Oxford Scholarship Online.
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Physical Description: 1 online resource.
Series: Oxford scholarship online.
Subjects:
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.
Racially mixed people -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.

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