All Bones Be White

Informationen zum Autor By Judith G. Yates Shearer Klappentext All Bones Be White is the story of Cassy, a slave who was owned by a Revolutionary War hero. Cassy was tried for murdering her owner's youngest daughter, Phenaty. Gustavus A. Henry, a 29-year old lawyer distantly related to American patriot Patrick Henry, defended Cassy at her trial. Told in the second person, offering readers intrigue, murder, and redemption, the lives of three women-a slave, a murder victim, and the author as she discovers that her family had owned slaves-are woven together to reveal Cassy's story of what happened in 1833 America and why it still matters today.All Bones Be White was nominated and accepted to be included on the book list for the Kentucky Society for the Daughters of the American Revolution.For more information, please visit www.judyshearer.com. Zusammenfassung In this story of Cassy! a slave tried for murdering her owner's youngest daughter! the lives of three women-a slave! a murder victim! and the author discovering her family had owned slaves-are woven together to reveal Cassy's story in 1833 America and why it matters today. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionChapter 1: Cassy WaitsChapter 2: What Does Lie BeneathChapter 3: This County Named ChristianChapter 4: Murder at a WellChapter 5: Riding a Death WagonChapter 6: Afterwards

Product details

• Authors: Judith G Yates Shearer, Judith G. Yates Shearer, Judith G. Yates Shearer, Yates Shearer Judith G.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.06.2011
• EAN: 9780761855491
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-5549-1
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, History of the Americas