Forsaken Book Cover
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Photograph of Ross Howell Jr.
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Photograph of the Elizabeth City County Court House
Hampton Coroner Records Reveal Social History, Out of the Box: Notes from the Archives @ the Library of Virginia, accessed February 24, 2016, http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/out_of_the_box/2014/12/18/hampton-coroner-records-reveal-social-history/
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Chapter 289 - An Act providing for detention or commitment of minors under seventeen years of age, appoved March 16, 1910
Virginia. General Assembly.
Acts and Joint Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Virginia, Session which Commenced at the State Capitol on Wednesday, January 12, 1910, pp. 434-437, accessed February 25, 2016, https://www.hathitrust.org/
1/12/1910
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Commonwealth vs. Virginia Christian, Judgement
Copy of April 9, 1912, Elizabeth City County Circuit Court Judgement sentencing Virginia Christian to death by electrocution at the Virginia Penitentiary on June 21, 1912.
Virginia Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Virginia Secretary of the Commonwealth, Executive Papers, Virginia Christian Clemency File, Box 386, Folder 5, Accession 35196. State Government Records Collection. Library of Virginia.
4/9/1912
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Docket for Application for Commutation of Sentence, Virginia Christian
Virginia Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Virginia Secretary of the Commonwealth, Executive Papers, Virginia Christian Clemency File, Box 386, Folder 5, Accession 35196. State Government Records Collection. Library of Virginia.
7/18/1912
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Respite of Virginia Christian granted on July 26, 1912
Respite of Virginia Christian granted on July 26, 1912 by Governor William Mann, delaying execution until August 16, 1912. The Newport News Daily Press reported on July 25, 1912, that Governor Mann granted the respite after meeting with a committee from the National Federation of Colored Women.
Virginia Penitentiary.
Virginia Dept. of Corrections, State Penitentiary, Series II. Prisoner Records, Subseries E. Execution Files, Box 373, Folder 3, Accession 41558. State Government Records Collection. Library of Virginia.
7/26/1912
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Respite of Virginia Christian granted on July 18, 1912
Respite of Virginia Christian granted on July 18, 1912, by Governor William Mann, delaying execution until August 2, 1912. Mann granted Christian a two week respite in order to see her spiritual advisers.
Virginia Penitentiary.
Virginia Dept. of Corrections, State Penitentiary, Series II. Prisoner Records, Subseries E. Execution Files, Box 373, Folder 3, Accession 41558. State Government Records Collection. Library of Virginia.
7/18/1912
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Respite of Virginia Christian granted on June 13, 1912
Respite of Virginia Christian granted on June 12, 1912, by Governor William Mann, delaying execution until July 19, 1912. Mann granted Christian a respite to enable her attorneys to file an amended petition for a writ of error. The Virginia Supreme Court denied the writ.
Virginia Penitentiary.
Virginia Dept. of Corrections, State Penitentiary, Series II. Prisoner Records, Subseries E. Execution Files, Box 373, Folder 3, Accession 41558. State Government Records Collection. Library of Virginia.
6/12/1912
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Photographs of Virginia Christian
Photograph of Virginia Christian probably taken on June 3, 1912, when she was transferred from Hampton to the Virginia Penitentiary Death House in Richmond.
Virginia Penitentiary.
Virginia Dept. of Corrections, State Penitentiary, Series II. Prisoner Records, Subseries B Photographs, Box 19, Accession 41558. State Government Records Collection. Library of Virginia.
6/3/1912
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