Trial of Tom Dula in 1868
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The Trial of Tom Dula in 1868 was a widely publicized North Carolina murder case in which Confederate veteran Tom Dula was convicted and hanged, later inspiring the famous folk ballad "Tom Dooley."
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Trial of Tom Dula in 1868 canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Trial of Tom Dula in 1868 Context triple: [Tom Dooley, historicalEventLinked, Trial of Tom Dula in 1868]
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Target entity: Trial of Tom Dula in 1868 Target entity description: The Trial of Tom Dula in 1868 was a widely publicized North Carolina murder case in which Confederate veteran Tom Dula was convicted and hanged, later inspiring the famous folk ballad "Tom Dooley."
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A.
Trial of the Seventeen
Trial of the Seventeen is a fantasy novel in the Spellmonger series by Terry Mancour, continuing the epic tale of mage Minalan and his allies as they confront escalating magical and political threats.
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B.
Shadrach Minkins case
The Shadrach Minkins case was a landmark 1851 legal and political battle in Boston over the capture and rescue of an escaped enslaved man, which galvanized Northern resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act and intensified sectional tensions before the Civil War.
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C.
Leopold and Loeb murder trial
The Leopold and Loeb murder trial was a 1924 American criminal case in which famed defense attorney Clarence Darrow argued against the death penalty for two wealthy University of Chicago students who had committed a highly publicized "thrill killing" of a young boy.
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D.
Ossian Sweet trial
The Ossian Sweet trial was a landmark 1925 court case in Detroit in which Black physician Ossian Sweet and his family were defended against murder charges after violently resisting a white mob attacking their home, becoming a pivotal moment in the legal battle against racial segregation and housing discrimination in the United States.
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E.
Homma trial
The Homma trial was a post–World War II U.S. military tribunal that prosecuted Japanese General Masaharu Homma for war crimes committed by his forces against American and Filipino prisoners in the Philippines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
court case
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criminal trial ⓘ historical event ⓘ murder trial ⓘ |
| associatedWithGenre | murder ballad ⓘ |
| charge |
homicide of Laura Foster
ⓘ
murder ⓘ |
| chronologicallyFollows | American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| documentedIn |
contemporary newspaper accounts
ⓘ
court records of North Carolina ⓘ |
| hasAftermath |
long-term folklore surrounding Tom Dula
ⓘ
public debate over Dula's guilt ⓘ |
| hasCoAccused | Ann Melton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact |
became part of American folk legend
ⓘ
subject of numerous retellings and songs ⓘ |
| hasDefendant | Tom Dula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDefendantAlternativeName | Tom Dooley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDefendantBackground | Confederate veteran ⓘ |
| hasDefenseAttorney |
Zebulon Baird Vance
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
former Confederate governor Zebulon Vance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasJudge | Richmond Mumford Pearson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfProceedings | English ⓘ |
| hasOutcome | conviction ⓘ |
| hasPlaceContext | Appalachian region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTemporalContext | 19th century ⓘ |
| hasVictim | Laura Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heldIn | Iredell County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredWork | folk ballad "Tom Dooley" ⓘ |
| inspiredWorkType | American folk song ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
questions about fairness of trial
ⓘ
questions about sufficiency of evidence ⓘ |
| legalSystem | common law ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Statesville, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | widely publicized ⓘ |
| methodOfExecution | hanging ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influence on American folk music
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post–Civil War Southern setting ⓘ role of public opinion and press ⓘ |
| originalCrimeLocation | Wilkes County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
history of American criminal justice
ⓘ
history of North Carolina law ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
execution of Tom Dula
ⓘ
murder of Laura Foster ⓘ |
| sentence | death ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Reconstruction era ⓘ |
| verdict | guilty ⓘ |
| year | 1868 ⓘ |
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Subject: Trial of Tom Dula in 1868 Description of subject: The Trial of Tom Dula in 1868 was a widely publicized North Carolina murder case in which Confederate veteran Tom Dula was convicted and hanged, later inspiring the famous folk ballad "Tom Dooley."
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