[PDF.73mv] Brotherly Love: Murder and the Politics of Prejudice in Nineteenth-Century Rhode Island

Brotherly Love: Murder and the Politics of Prejudice in Nineteenth-Century Rhode Island

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 | #2527877 in Books |  Univ of Massachusetts Pr |  1998-10-09 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.04 x.62 x6.04l,.72 | File type: PDF | 208 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Excellent|By Linda Straube|this is a very well written account of a young Irishman who was falsely accused of Amasa Spague's murder and hung for it. He was offically pardoned by the state of Rhode Island last year- over 150 years later. His name was John Gordon. I am Irish myself and reading the book showed the prejudice against the Irish in the 1840's. I highly recommend r|From Kirkus s|An intriguing account of a New England rush to judgment in the Jacksonian Era. The murder of textile manufacturer Amasa Sprague on New Year's Eve 1843 in Spragueville, Rhode Island, launched an enthusiastic but careless manhunt led by the victim's

On New Year's Eve in 1843, Rhode Island textile manufacturer Amasa Sprague was shot and beaten to death. Within two days, three Irish immigrant brothers were arrested, charged with murder, and eventually brought to trial.

Brotherly Love is a graphic reconstruction of the crime, its social and economic background, and the subsequent trials. The story reveals the antagonism between native-born Yankees, who commanded great power, and the growing number of Iri...

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