Coroners in the 19th Century South

Lectures in History

C-SPAN

News, History, Politics

4.2 • 737 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2021

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Professor Stephen Berry talked about coroners in the 19th century South. He discussed the role of a coroner as an agent of the state and talked about the records created from coroner inquests. He argued that coroners can shed light on the emerging patterns of death within a society and spot potential threats to public health such as diseases or a lack of industrial safety. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coroners of the 19th century South helped shed light on emerging patterns of death and potential threats to public health.
0:09.5	Hi, I'm Shannon, the podcast producer here at C-SPAN, and this week on the Lectures and History podcast, Professor Stephen Barry of the University of Georgia,
0:17.3	discusses the role of the coroner as an agent of the state and talks about the records
0:20.9	created from corner inquests.
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