Death of an Overseer

Death of an Overseer
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Publisher : Oxford : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 266
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ISBN-10 : 9780195140033
ISBN-13 : 0195140036
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Death of an Overseer by : Michael Wayne

Download or read book Death of an Overseer written by Michael Wayne and published by Oxford : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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, Michael Wayne has reopened the case to ask whether the men involved in the investigation arrived at the right verdict. Part essay on the art of historical detection, part seminar on the history of slavery and the Old South, Death of an Overseer is, above all, a murder mystery--a murder mystery that allows readers to sift through the surviving evidence themselves and come to their own conclusions about who killed Duncan Skinner and why.

Hadden's Overseers' Handbook

Hadden's Overseers' Handbook
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 548
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015030520798
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Hadden's Overseers' Handbook by : William Henry Dumsday

Download or read book Hadden's Overseers' Handbook written by William Henry Dumsday and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Crafting the Overseer's Image

Crafting the Overseer's Image
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Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Total Pages : 256
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ISBN-10 : 1570036462
ISBN-13 : 9781570036460
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Crafting the Overseer's Image by : William E. Wiethoff

Download or read book Crafting the Overseer's Image written by William E. Wiethoff and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book-length study of the overseer in four decades, Wiethoff's study bridges historical, legal, and rhetorical scholarship to present a provocative investigation into the multifaceted roles of this oft-forgotten figure in plantation society. Wiethoff canvasses the period from 1650 through 1865 and across a southern expanse that stretches to include the Upper and Deep South. Overseers left scant written evidence about their lives and times, but Wiethoff unearths characterizations constructed by friends and enemies, neighbors and strangers. He also mines the legal record to gauge the impact of legislative and case law rhetoric on public memory.

Dishonored

Dishonored
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Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
Total Pages : 217
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ISBN-10 : 9781616555627
ISBN-13 : 1616555629
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Dishonored by : Bethesda Games

Download or read book Dishonored written by Bethesda Games and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2014 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dishonored won the 2012 Spike Video Game award for Best Action Adventure Game, and the 2013 BAFTA Award for Best Game. The artworks, manuscripts, and scraps of information gathered throughout Dunwall are collected at last. It has been a long and difficult journey to archive these tales of our cursed city, but it is my hope that you, reading this now, will take heed, and learn from those gone before you to forge your own destiny.

The Overseer

The Overseer
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Publisher : Charisma Media
Total Pages : 303
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ISBN-10 : 9781616382452
ISBN-13 : 1616382457
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Overseer by : Conlan Brown

Download or read book The Overseer written by Conlan Brown and published by Charisma Media. This book was released on 2011-08-18 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Book 2 of The Firstborn series) Beginning a year after the events of The Firstborn, the story follows Hannah Rice as she attempts to recover three teenage girls who have been abducted by a human trafficking ring and Devin Bathurst as he attempts to thwart the racially motivated assassination of an African-American politician.

A Voice from Zion

A Voice from Zion
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 760
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ISBN-10 : UTEXAS:059172109689944
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Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

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Download or read book A Voice from Zion written by and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Unchained: Powerful Life Stories of Former Slaves

The Unchained: Powerful Life Stories of Former Slaves
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Publisher : Good Press
Total Pages : 10327
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ISBN-10 : EAN:8596547814986
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Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Unchained: Powerful Life Stories of Former Slaves by : Aphra Behn

Download or read book The Unchained: Powerful Life Stories of Former Slaves written by Aphra Behn and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2024-01-18 with total page 10327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique collection consists of the most influential narratives of former slaves, including numerous recorded testimonies, life stories and original photos of former slaves long after Civil War: Recorded Life Stories of Former Slaves from 17 different US States Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 12 Years a Slave (Solomon Northup) The Underground Railroad Harriet Jacobs: The Moses of Her People Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington) The Willie Lynch Letter: The Making of Slave! The Confessions of Nat Turner Narrative of Sojourner Truth The History of Mary Prince Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom (William & Ellen Craft) Thirty Years a Slave (Louis Hughes) Narrative of the Life of J. D. Green The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano Behind The Scenes: 30 Years a Slave & 4 Years in the White House (Elizabeth Keckley) Father Henson's Story of His Own Life (Josiah Henson) Fifty Years in Chains (Charles Ball) Twenty-Two Years a Slave and Forty Years a Freeman (Austin Steward) Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave The Story of Mattie J. Jackson (L. S. Thompson) A Slave Girl's Story (Kate Drumgoold) From the Darkness Cometh the Light (Lucy A. Delaney) Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy, a Slave in the United States of America Narrative of Joanna Life of Henry Box Brown, Who Escaped in a 3x2 Feet Box Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley Buried Alive Sketches of the Life of Joseph Mountain Documents: The History of the Abolition of African Slave-Trade History of American Abolitionism from 1787-1861 Pictures of Slavery in Church and State Report of the Proceedings at the Examination of Charles G. Davis, Esq., on the Charge of Aiding and Abetting in the Rescue of a Fugitive Slave Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases The Duty of Disobedience to the Fugitive Slave Act Emancipation Proclamation Gettysburg Address XIII Amendment Civil Rights Act of 1866 XIV Amendment ...