Amherst County Courthouse, Virginia

The initial Buck vs. Bell trial was held in Amherst County, Viriginia, which set the stage for taking the issue of eugenic sterilization to the Supreme Court. (DNAi location: Chronicle > Trial of Carrie Buck>trial)

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11301. A. Strode letter to H. Laughlin, requesting a deposition on hereditary feeblmindedness for the trial of Carrie Buck in Amherst, Virginia (9/30/1924)

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