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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instanceOf court case ⓘ
criminal trial ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
murder trial ⓘ
associatedWithGenre murder ballad ⓘ
charge homicide of Laura Foster ⓘ
murder ⓘ
chronologicallyFollows American Civil War ⓘ
country 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 ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact became part of American folk legend ⓘ
subject of numerous retellings and songs ⓘ
hasDefendant Tom Dula ⓘ
hasDefendantAlternativeName Tom Dooley ⓘ
hasDefendantBackground Confederate veteran ⓘ
hasDefenseAttorney Zebulon Baird Vance ⓘ
former Confederate governor Zebulon Vance ⓘ
linked to: Zebulon Baird Vance
hasJudge Richmond Mumford Pearson ⓘ
hasJurisdiction North Carolina ⓘ
hasLanguageOfProceedings English ⓘ
hasOutcome conviction ⓘ
hasPlaceContext Appalachian region ⓘ
hasTemporalContext 19th century ⓘ
hasVictim Laura Foster ⓘ
heldIn Iredell County, North Carolina ⓘ
linked to: Iredell County
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 ⓘ
mediaCoverage widely publicized ⓘ
methodOfExecution hanging ⓘ
notableFor influence on American folk music ⓘ
post–Civil War Southern setting ⓘ
role of public opinion and press ⓘ
originalCrimeLocation Wilkes County, North Carolina ⓘ
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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Tom Dooley → historicalEventLinked → Trial of Tom Dula in 1868 ⓘ