1865--Desperate Mother
Item
- Title
- 1865--Desperate Mother
- Date
- May 1865
- Formatted date
- 1865-05-19
- Event type
- Infanticide
- Description
- Frances Graves, newly freed from enslavement in Boone County, poisoned her sons, Granville and William Henry Graves, with Strychnine, killing both. Her reasoning at trial was they would be "better off."
- Participant
- African American(s): Graves, Frances
- Graves, Frances
- unknown, Greenville
- unknown, William Henry [2]
- Slave holder(s): Graves, William L
- Other participant(s): Simpson, Thomas
- Location
- Cincinnati (Ohio)
- Following Event
- 1865--Charged with Murder
- Related resource
- Graves family
- Bibliographic citation
- "A Negro Mother Poisons Her Two Children with Strychnine," The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, OH, 19 May 1865
- Item sets
- AA--Events--Infanticide--Kentucky
Linked resources
| Title | Class |
|---|---|
| 1865--Charged with Murder | Event |
| Title | Class |
|---|---|
| Graves, Frances | Person |
| unknown, Greenville | Person |
| unknown, William Henry [2] | Person |