Indentured Labor: The History and Legacy of the Use of Indentured Workers in the Modern Era
ISBN: 9781973909224
$6.99
*Includes pictures
*Includes investigators' accounts and newspaper accounts about the crimes and suspects
*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading
*Includes a table of contents
“I keep on hearing the police have caught me but they wont fix me just yet. I have laughed when they look so clever and talk about being on the right track…How can they catch me now. I love my work and want to start again. You will soon hear of me with my funny little games.” – Excerpt from a letter widely believed to be from Jack the Ripper
When one hears the term “Victorian,” many images come to mind. For some, the term conjures up visions of lace and gloves and delicate fans. Others think of tight corsets and even tighter morals. Others, swayed perhaps by one too many British costume dramas, envision gentle elegance and long lost beauty.
Naturally, few people think of multiple dead bodies cast about in the streets or dark bedrooms, most mutilated to a shocking degree, and yet, those tragic images played a significant role not only in late Victorian London but ever since. In 1888 and 1889, a killer stalked the dark backstreets of the city through the notoriously overcrowded and crime-ridden Whitechapel district, murdering young women and then cutting their bodies up like a butcher.
*Includes investigators' accounts and newspaper accounts about the crimes and suspects
*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading
*Includes a table of contents
“I keep on hearing the police have caught me but they wont fix me just yet. I have laughed when they look so clever and talk about being on the right track…How can they catch me now. I love my work and want to start again. You will soon hear of me with my funny little games.” – Excerpt from a letter widely believed to be from Jack the Ripper
When one hears the term “Victorian,” many images come to mind. For some, the term conjures up visions of lace and gloves and delicate fans. Others think of tight corsets and even tighter morals. Others, swayed perhaps by one too many British costume dramas, envision gentle elegance and long lost beauty.
Naturally, few people think of multiple dead bodies cast about in the streets or dark bedrooms, most mutilated to a shocking degree, and yet, those tragic images played a significant role not only in late Victorian London but ever since. In 1888 and 1889, a killer stalked the dark backstreets of the city through the notoriously overcrowded and crime-ridden Whitechapel district, murdering young women and then cutting their bodies up like a butcher.