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Death of an Overseer : Reopening a Murder Investigation from the Plantation South (1st Edition) by Michael Wayne Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2001 ISBN-10: 0-19-514004-4 / 0195140044 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-514004-0 / 9780195140040 In May of 1857, the body of Duncan Skinner was found in a strip of woods along the edge of the plantation near Natchez, Mississippi, where he worked as an overseer. Although a coroner's jury initially ruled his death to be accidental, an investigation organized by planters from the community conclud |