Death of an Overseer: Reopening a Murder Investigation from the Plantation South
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Book Overview
In May of 1857, the body of Duncan Skinner was found in a strip of woods along the edge of the plantation near Natchez, Mississippi, where he worked as an overseer. Although a coroner's jury initially ruled his death to be accidental, an investigation organized by planters from the community concluded that he had been murdered by three slaves acting under instructions from John McCallin, an Irish carpenter.
Now, almost a century and a half later,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0195140044
ISBN13:9780195140040
Release Date:March 2001
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:272 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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A riveting look at how historians do history
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
A riveting murder mystery involving race and sex in the Old South, "Death of an Overseer" is equally fascinating for what it reveals about the historian's craft. Besides this, it is beautifully written. Historians and the general reader alike will find this book hard to put down.
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