A rape in the early republic : gender and legal culture in an 1806 Virginia trial /
On January 14, 1806, Sidney Hanson was raped by John Deskins on a rough gravel path in the woods in Tazewell County, Virginia. In the early nineteenth century, trials for rape were rare. Scanty court records typically lacked the detail needed to reconstruct the lives of those involved and evaluate t...
Saved in:
| Online Access: |
Full text (MCPHS users only) |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Lexington, Kentucky :
University Press of Kentucky,
2017
|
| Series: | New Directions in Southern History Ser.
|
| Subjects: | |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; The Invitation to Publish; The Testimony; The Argument to the Jury; The Sentencing; Appendix A; Appendix B; Discussion Ideas for the Classroom; Suggested Reading; Index.
