Modern Medea : A Family Story of Slavery and Child-Murder from the Old South
by Steven Weisenburger | Nonfiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0809069547 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0809069547 Global Overview for this book
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Using only newspaper accounts and a paucity of official records, Weisenburger paints a vivid picture of slavery, freedom, law and murder on the Kentucky border. If nothing else, you'll be reminded just how nasty slavery was, when you read about a slave's murder being a "property crime."