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eBook details
- Title: Notorious Antebellum North Alabama
- Author : John O'Brien
- Release Date : January 21, 2020
- Genre: United States,Books,History,Nonfiction,True Crime,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 2487 KB
Description
Before the Civil War, North Alabama was infamous for lawlessness. The era saw courts filled with defendants who spanned the socioeconomic gamut--farmers, merchants and politicians. In 1811, John B. Haynes tore apart William Badger's house with his bare hands. Rodah Barnett ran a series of ill-reputed brothels in the early 1820s. In 1818, Rebecca Layman "accidentally" gave her husband sulfuric acid instead of rum. There is even a case of assault with frozen corn. Author John O'Brien relays these and more stories of the shady side of North Alabama during the antebellum period.