James Dawson on Patty Cannon

Remembering the Infamous Patty Cannon by James Dawson; Tidewater Times, Sept. 2022. Page 127.

—memories of an elderly friend of mine who when he was a boy actually met an elderly man who had seen Patty Cannon the slave kidnapper and murderer when he himself was a boy.—

Phrenology and Patty Cannon by James Dawson; Tidewater Times, Nov. 2022. Page 153.

—although discredited as a pseudo-science now, phrenology was hot stuff in the 1800s and many people believed that the shape of one's skull could be used to discover their personality. Fowler, a famous phrenologiest claimed to have Patty Cannon's skull in his museum in New York City. and examined it in detail.—

Too Many Skulls for Patty Cannon by James Dawson; Tidewater Times, Feb. 2023. Page 59.

—in this article Dawson gives his reasons for thinking that the so called Patty Cannon skull that the Dover Public Library recently had was bogus.—