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Title:
Hannah Mary Tabbs and the disembodied torso : a tale of race, sex, and violence in America / Kali Nicole Gross.
Author:
Gross, Kali N., 1972- author.
Genre:
True crime stories.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]

©2016
Call Number:
HV6534.P5 G76 2016
Geographic Term:
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
ISBN:
9780190241216
Physical Description:
220 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 22 cm
Subject Term:
Murder -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies.

Family violence -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies.

African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Social conditions -- 19th century.

African American women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Social conditions -- 19th century.

Racially mixed people -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Contents:
Handle with care -- The woman found -- To do him bodily harm -- Wavy hair and nearly white skin -- Held for trial -- A most revolting deed.
Personal Subject:
Tabbs, Hannah Mary.
Personal Author:
Gross, Kali N., 1972- author.
Subject:
Murder -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies.

Family violence -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies.

African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Social conditions -- 19th century.

African American women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Social conditions -- 19th century.

Racially mixed people -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Social conditions -- 19th century.

United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.

True crime stories.

Tabbs, Hannah Mary.
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