dr. erin n. bush

historian of u.s. crime & punishment. digital research methods.

Capital Cases in 1850s Virginia

This semester, I’m taking my very last course in the PhD program–the Doctoral Research Seminar. The purpose of the course is to research and write a substantial paper related to our dissertations. I’ve chosen to explore the circumstances of capital cases involving women in Virginia in the 1850s. As seen in this graph, my research […]

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