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

Shortly after a dismembered torso was discovered by a pond outside Philadelphia in 1887, investigators homed in on two suspects: Hannah Mary Tabbs, a married, working-class, black woman, and George Wilson, a former neighbor whom Tabbs implicated after her arrest. As details surrounding the shocking...

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Main Author:	Gross, Kali N., 1972- (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, [2016] New York : [2018] New York, NY : [2016] Oxford ; New York : [2016]
Edition:	[Paperback edition]
Series:	Oxford scholarship online
Subjects:	Tabbs, Hannah Mary 1800-1899 19th century African American women > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Social conditions > 19th century African Americans > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Social conditions > 19th century Family violence > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Case studies Murder > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Case studies Racially mixed people > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Social conditions > 19th century African American women African American women > Social conditions African American women > Philadelphia (Pa.) > Social conditions African Americans African Americans > Social conditions African Americans > Philadelphia (Pa.) > Social conditions Domestic violence > Philadelphia (Pa.) > Case Studies Family violence History Murder Race relations Racially mixed people Racially mixed people > Philadelphia (Pa.) > Social conditions Social conditions United States > Race relations > History > 19th century Pennsylvania > Philadelphia United States United States > Race relations > History True crime literature Case studies True crime stories

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