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Murder in Roanoke County: Race and Justice in the 1891 Susan Watkins Case

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Did her rival for a man's love get away with murder? It was a story of violence, bigamy, race and a quest for justice. The strange but true story of James and Susan Watkins. 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. 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 ...

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Murder in Roanoke County: Race and Justice in the 1891 Susan Watkins Case 2019, History Press

ISBN-13: 9781467144100

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Murder in Roanoke County: Race and Justice in the 1891 Susan Watkins Case 2019, History Press Library Editions

ISBN-13: 9781540241023

Hardcover