Life and confession of the noted outlaw James Copeland, 1909.

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Life and confession of the noted outlaw James Copeland, 1909.

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James Copeland, an outlaw at an early age, was involved in several gangs, known as the Wages (based in Mobile, Ala.) and Copeland "Clans". These "Clans," operating in Ala., La., Miss., and Tenn., participated in a wide variety of thefts and murders. A favorite scheme was to steal slaves and horses and later sell them. Copeland was eventually convicted of the murder of James A. Harvey, who had murdered Copeland's partners in crime, Gales H. Wages and Charles McGrath. The manuscript is typed and bound by metal brackets.

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Copeland, James, 1823-1857

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Copeland family.

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McGrath, Charles Ivar

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Pitts, J. R. S. (James Robert Soda), 1833-

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J. R. S. Pitts was a sheriff (1855-1859) in Perry County, Miss., who oversaw the arrest, incarceration, confession, and execution of James Copeland. He published Copeland's confession in 1859 and was successfully sued for libel by the individuals named by Copeland. Pitts copyrighted this version in 1909 and later went on to practice medicine in Perry County. From the description of Life and confession of the noted outlaw James Copeland, 1909. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122442243 ...

Harvey, James A., d.1847.

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Wages, Gale H., d.1847.

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