OWEN BROWN

While it may sound like a parlor game, Jefferson’s Notes on the Murder actually represents Thomas Jefferson’s account of the 1774 Yellow Creek Massacre as he penned it in his Appendix to the Notes on the State of Virginia. More than a mere recounting of an atrocity, Jefferson’s research uncovered the array of perspectives on the massacre and its fallout while proving that the wrong man had been accused. Owen Brown recounts the suspenseful details of the murder and explains how the historic event yielded a work of modern theater.