Fall River Outrage: Life, Murder, and Justice in Early Industrial New England

Fall River Outrage recounts one of the most sensational and widely reported murder cases in early nineteenth-century America. When, in 1832, a pregnant mill worker was found hanged, the investigation implicated a prominent Methodist minister. Fearing adverse publicity, both the industrialists of Fall River and the New England Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church engaged in energetic campaigns to obtain a favorable verdict. It was also one of the earliest attempts by American lawyers to prove their client innocent by assassinating the moral character of the female victim. Fall River Outrage provides insight in American social, legal, and labor history as well as women's studies.

Author: David Richard Kasserman
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 04/01/1986
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.08h x 6.08w x 0.73d
ISBN: 9780812212228

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 06/01/1986

About the Author
David Richard Kasserman taught anthropology at Glassboro State College. His interest in the Cornell-Avery trial grew out of his research on the American cotton industry.