{"product_id":"death-of-an-overseer-reopening-a-murder-investigation-from-the-plantation-south-paperback-2","title":"Death of an Overseer: Reopening a Murder Investigation from the Plantation South - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Wayne\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn May of 1857, the body of Duncan Skinner was found in a strip of woods along the edge of the plantation near Natchez, Mississippi, where he worked as an overseer. Although a coroner's jury initially ruled his death to be accidental, an investigation organized by planters from the community concluded that he had been murdered by three slaves acting under instructions from John McCallin, an Irish carpenter.\u003cbr\u003eNow, almost a century and a half later, Michael Wayne has reopened the case to ask whether the men involved in the investigation arrived at the right verdict. Part essay on the art of historical detection, part seminar on the history of slavery and the Old South, \u003cem\u003eDeath of an Overseer\u003c\/em\u003e is, above all, a murder mystery--a murder mystery that allows readers to sift through the surviving evidence themselves and come to their own conclusions about who killed Duncan Skinner and why.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Wayne\u003c\/strong\u003e teaches history at University College, the University of Toronto. His first book, \u003cem\u003eThe Reshaping of Plantation Society\u003c\/em\u003e, won multiple prizes, including the Francis Butler Simkins Award of the Southern Historical Association.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 08, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42034984943696,"sku":"9780195140040","price":133.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/eC9DbDc5NE9iR2NVeXVpcjJCYjZHdz09_e0ee2a80-fd3c-4b94-92e5-c33f73552afa.webp?v=1771837887","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/death-of-an-overseer-reopening-a-murder-investigation-from-the-plantation-south-paperback-2","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}