Murder In Roanoke County Race And Justice In The 1891 Susan Watkins Case

Author : John D. Long
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467144100

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Murder in Roanoke County: Race and Justice in the 1891 Susan Watkins Case by John D. Long Pdf

A drama played out in the mountains of southwestern Virginia in 1891 that attracted nationwide attention and held the citizens of the Roanoke Valley spellbound. It was a story of violence, bigamy, race and a quest for justice. The tale of the trial of Charles Watkins for the murder of his wife was marked by threats of lynching, a fugitive manhunt, a disappearing witness, mistaken identities, claims of insanity and finally a secret letter to break the case wide open. In its day, the story was as closely followed as a modern televised murder trial. Despite the rapt attention of the public then, it has entirely faded from the history books--until now. Historian John Long resurrects the truth of who killed Susan Watkins. Did her rival for a man's love get away with murder?

Author : Don K. Nakayama,Peter J. Kernahan,Edward E. Cornwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1736921215

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Black Surgeons and Surgery in America by Don K. Nakayama,Peter J. Kernahan,Edward E. Cornwell Pdf

Author : Dominic J. CapeciJr.
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813156460

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The Lynching of Cleo Wright by Dominic J. CapeciJr. Pdf

On January 20, 1942, black oil mill worker Cleo Wright assaulted a white woman in her home and nearly killed the first police officer who tried to arrest him. An angry mob then hauled Wright out of jail and dragged him through the streets of Sikeston, Missouri, before burning him alive. Wright's death was, unfortunately, not unique in American history, but what his death meant in the larger context of life in the United States in the twentieth-century is an important and compelling story. After the lynching, the U.S. Justice Department was forced to become involved in civil rights concerns for the first time, provoking a national reaction to violence on the home front at a time when the country was battling for democracy in Europe. Dominic Capeci unravels the tragic story of Wright's life on several stages, showing how these acts of violence were indicative not only of racial tension but the clash of the traditional and the modern brought about by the war. Capeci draws from a wide range of archival sources and personal interviews with the participants and spectators to draw vivid portraits of Wright, his victims, law-enforcement officials, and members of the lynch mob. He places Wright in the larger context of southern racial violence and shows the significance of his death in local, state, and national history during the most important crisis of the twentieth-century.

Author : Rand Dotson
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9781572336438

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Roanoke, Virginia, 1882-1912 by Rand Dotson Pdf

Tells the story of a city that for a brief period was widely hailed as a regional model for industrialization as well as the ultimate success symbol for the rehabilitation of the former Confederacy. In a region where modernization seemed to move at a glacial pace, those looking for signs of what they were triumphantly calling the "New South" pointed to Roanoke. No southern city grew faster than Roanoke did during the 1880s. A hardscrabble Appalachian tobacco depot originally known by the uninspiring name of Big Lick, it became a veritable boomtown by the end of the decade as a steady stream of investment and skilled manpower flowed in from north of the Mason-Dixon line. The first scholarly treatment of Roanoke's early history, the book explains how native businessmen convinced a northern investment company to make their small town a major railroad hub. It then describes how that venture initially paid off, as the influx of thousands of people from the North and the surrounding Virginia countryside helped make Roanoke - presumptuously christened the "Magic City" by New South proponents - the state's third-largest city by the turn of the century. Rand Dotson recounts what life was like for Roanoke's wealthy elites, working poor, and African American inhabitants. He also explores the social conflicts that ultimately erupted as a result of well-intended 3reforms4 initiated by city leaders. Dotson illustrates how residents mediated the catastrophic Depression of 1893 and that year's infamous Roanoke Riot, which exposed the faȧde masking the city's racial tensions, inadequate physical infrastructure, and provincial mentality of the local populace. Dotson then details the subsequent attempts of business boosters and progressive reformers to attract the additional investments needed to put their city back on track. Ultimately, Dotson explains, Roanoke's early struggles stemmed from its business leaders' unwavering belief that economic development would serve as the panacea for all of the town's problems.

Author : Clarence R. Geier
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 154102348X

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The Historical Archaeology of Virginia from Initial Settlement to the Present by Clarence R. Geier Pdf

The book includes six chapters that cover Virginia history from initial settlement through the 20th century plus one that deals with the important role of underwater archaeology. Written by prominent archaeologists with research experience in their respective topic areas, the chapters consider important issues of Virginia history and consider how the discipline of historic archaeology has addressed them and needs to address them . Changes in research strategy over time are discussed , and recommendations are made concerning the need to recognize the diverse and often differing roles and impacts that characterized the different regions of Virginia over the course of its historic past. Significant issues in Virginia history needing greater study are identified.

Author : Bates Lowry,Isabel Barrett Lowry
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2000-02-03
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780892365364

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The Silver Canvas by Bates Lowry,Isabel Barrett Lowry Pdf

By the middle of the nineteenth century, the most common method of photography was the daguerreotype—Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre’s miraculous invention that captured in a camera visual images on a highly polished silver surface through exposure to light. In this book are presented nearly eighty masterpieces—many never previously published—from the J. Paul Getty Museum’s extensive daguerreotype collection.

Author : John M. Curran
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : Clothing and dress
ISBN : MINN:31951D035927117

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Prices of Clothing by John M. Curran Pdf

Author : Virgil M. Harris
Publisher : Beard Books
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2000-09
Category : Law
ISBN : 1587980711

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Ancient Curious and Famous Wills by Virgil M. Harris Pdf

An entertaining collection of wills, reflecting the times and the people who wrote them. This collection offers delightful reading for lawyers and laymen alike. As the author states: Wills reflect, as a mirror, the customs and habits of the times when written, as well as the characters of the writers. In the category of ancient wills, the reader will find the oldest written will, dated at 2550 B.C., as well as wills of such personages as Plato and Aristotle. Other categories in the collection include: wills in fiction and poetry; curious wills; testamentary and kindred miscellany; wills of famous foreigners, such as Napoleon and William Shakespeare; and wills of famous Americans, such as Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson.

Author : Benjamin Muse
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Virginia's Massive Resistance by Benjamin Muse Pdf

Author : James Walker Hood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : African American Methodists
ISBN : STANFORD:36105041328787

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One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church by James Walker Hood Pdf

Author : Alfred John Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Mississippi
ISBN : STANFORD:36105130804698

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History of Newton County, Mississippi by Alfred John Brown Pdf

Author : William Harden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1913
Category : History
ISBN : WISC:89072986888

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A History of Savannah and South Georgia by William Harden Pdf

Author : Louise Pecquet du Bellet
Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Com
Page : 1756 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Virginia
ISBN : 9780806307220

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Some Prominent Virginia Families by Louise Pecquet du Bellet Pdf

Author : Robert M. Addington
Publisher : The Overmountain Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 0932807674

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History of Scott County, Virginia by Robert M. Addington Pdf

Brimming with information, this text begins with Scott County territory as claimed by the French prior to 1763. The final chapters include interesting facts and figures from a survey made in 1930. Filling the pages between with great variety, Addington shares an abundance of knowledge.

Author : Charles Burr Todd
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1902
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UVA:X000083134

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A General History of the Burr Family by Charles Burr Todd Pdf