Publication date UK format 1/2/22 book 274 pages
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Synopsis
North Carolina native and lawyer Charles Oldham brings the incredible and unpredictable tale of the Harry A. Berwind to life for the first time. In October 1905, North Carolina and much of the nation was captivated by the mass murder found aboard the Harry A. Berwind as it sailed the coast of Cape Fear. All four of the ship’s officers had been shot and tossed overboard, one crewman lay dead on the deck, and another was chained hand and foot. The three survivors, Henry Scott, Arthur Adams, and Robert Sawyer, had different stories. Scott claimed other sailors conspired together and restrained him when he would not cooperate; Adams and Sawyer claimed Scott pulled a gun and acted alone until they tackled and restrained him. The most inflammatory factor that captured the nation: all the murdered officers were white, and the survivors Black. Just seven years earlier, Wilmington, North Carolina witnessed a brutal white supremacist insurrection that killed dozens of Black citizens in the streets, and by 1905, Jim Crow laws were firmly in place. Predictably, all three survivors were found guilty and sentenced to hang. Yet the legal drama went on, defying all other predictions. Lasting seven years, the case reached the Supreme Court and even presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft.
My Review
Wow this book really starts so well. It is really a very interesting true story event. From the very start I could tell that this book would be a very interesting account of history. And I just love these types of books. So much controversy, did they get the real murders well you will definitely have to read this book and form your own opinion on that. I was certainly at the edge of my seat during the trial process and at the end. I must also mention that I was rather surprised at the outcome but I'm not giving anything away. It was truly a very interesting and unique true crime history book. I am so glad I found this book. I thought the author did an amazing job at writing this book and could tell it was well researched.
Many thanks to the author and publishing team for bringing together this very interesting and gruesome account of murder from history to light.
Where you can buy this book
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