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Free-Love, Negro Equality, and a Fatal Assault Trial in Madison County
In Madison County a sensational trial unfolds over an assault with intent to kill, tied to free-love and negro equality doctrines in a turbulent Republican stronghold. The case details a white woman’s relationship with a Black man, Chester Kinne and his wife, and a razor attack on Kinne by the accused Dennison, with testimony describing communal beliefs and a volatile social climate.
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New York
Morrissville
Madison County
Republican
Sullivan
Chester Kin
Dennison
Chester Kine
Riatiew Howse
Hemegrocbecams
Kinne
Mwiraielt Ie ‘Treoks
Crisia
Drew
Sffsi
Lorenzo Chapin
Freedom
Rootstown
Johnson
Delain Mills
Nelson
Massachusetts
Capt. Mills
Hisebold
Ohio
Land of
Youngstown
Nelson Center
Hils
Battle Ground
Jengeh
Tirim
Mantua
Windham
Shalersville
Ravenna
Capt
Mills
Patrick Ray
James Ray
Wareham Loomis
Basil Windsor Jr
Alvin Bestor
Samuel Moore Jr
Joseph Skinger
Hezekiah Nootey
Hiram
Richard
John
Grant Redding
Mose McIntosh
Brain
Moses
Mosca
Mr. Welch
John Blair
Henry Copp
Masa
Menon
Ith
Layti
West India
Naldasti
France
Meyer
Hind
Hayti
New York Times
Girre
San Donsingo
Jessela