Rape in the Early Republic Gender and Legal Culture in an 1806 Virginia Trial

Name: Rape in the Early Republic Gender and Legal Culture in an 1806 Virginia Trial
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ISBN: 9780813169545

ISBN-10: 0813169542

ISBN-13: 9780813169545

Edition: 2021

Authors: Alexander Smyth, Randal L. Hall

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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 the social and physical setting of the crime. Yet the events on that fateful day in 1806 would be the exception. In A Rape in the Early Republic, Randal L. Hall reproduces the complete trial testimony of Alexander Smyth, the prosecutor for Hanson's trial. Smyth's detailed record offers a revealing glimpse into how early rape cases moved through the legal system, first at the local level and then…

Book details

List price: $75.00
Copyright year: 2021
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Publication date: 3/21/2017
Binding: E-Book
Pages: 136
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long
Language: English