Skip to main content
Taylor & Francis Group Logo
Advanced Search

Click here to search books using title name,author name and keywords.

  • Login
  • Hi, User  
    • Your Account
    • Logout
Advanced Search

Click here to search books using title name,author name and keywords.

Breadcrumbs Section. Click here to navigate to respective pages.

Chapter

‘The only consolation is that the criminal is not a Welshman’

Chapter

‘The only consolation is that the criminal is not a Welshman’

DOI link for ‘The only consolation is that the criminal is not a Welshman’

‘The only consolation is that the criminal is not a Welshman’ book

The foreign-born men hanged in Wales, 1840–1900

‘The only consolation is that the criminal is not a Welshman’

DOI link for ‘The only consolation is that the criminal is not a Welshman’

‘The only consolation is that the criminal is not a Welshman’ book

The foreign-born men hanged in Wales, 1840–1900
ByStephanie Emma Brown
BookExecution Culture in Nineteenth Century Britain

Click here to navigate to parent product.

Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2020
Imprint Routledge
Pages 18
eBook ISBN 9780429318832

ABSTRACT

This chapter focuses on the portrayal in contemporary newspapers of the eight foreign-born men hanged for murder in Wales from 1840 to 1900. In doing so, it fills a major lacuna in the historiography of capital punishment, migration, and otherness in nineteenth-century Wales. The eight men were part of a wider demographic study of the socio-economic backgrounds of all 31 men hanged for murder in Wales in that period, 23 of whom were Welsh or English and who were not judged on their appearance or their place of birth by the press when reporting their crime and punishment. This chapter argues that although the eight foreign-born men had the potential to be treated differently in the newspaper reporting because of their appearance, race, or nationality, this was not in fact the case. The eight men were not all harshly criticized by the press; furthermore, their experience was not universal and even men with a shared nationality were not always treated the same. This chapter shows that racial identity or ‘otherness’ was not a determining factor in whether there was a local community petition for clemency in these cases. These findings, therefore, uncover the perhaps unexpected complexity of race and nationality in Victorian Wales.

T&F logoTaylor & Francis Group logo
  • Policies
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms & Conditions
    • Cookie Policy
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms & Conditions
    • Cookie Policy
  • Journals
    • Taylor & Francis Online
    • CogentOA
    • Taylor & Francis Online
    • CogentOA
  • Corporate
    • Taylor & Francis Group
    • Taylor & Francis Group
    • Taylor & Francis Group
    • Taylor & Francis Group
  • Help & Contact
    • Students/Researchers
    • Librarians/Institutions
    • Students/Researchers
    • Librarians/Institutions
  • Connect with us

Connect with us

Registered in England & Wales No. 3099067
5 Howick Place | London | SW1P 1WG © 2021 Informa UK Limited