Letter from Anne Pierce in New York City, to Honorable B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Letter from a Southern woman living in New York to Governor Miller. Anne Pierce argues that, whether the Scottsboro Boys are guilty, their treatment in jail is "a relic of medieval torture quite indefensible." She writes that handling the youth in this manner does not help prevent future c...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/6093 |
| Summary: | Letter from a Southern woman living in New York to Governor Miller. Anne Pierce argues that, whether the Scottsboro Boys are guilty, their treatment in jail is "a relic of medieval torture quite indefensible." She writes that handling the youth in this manner does not help prevent future crimes, but just meets violence with violence. |
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