I've always loved history, so for this weeks review I choose to check out Lisa Land Cooper's blog titled "The Story Behind the History". I choose to read her most recent post, which was posted October 30th and titled "A Hanging Tale for Halloween". This post is about a stone structure which is referred to as the original Greene County Gaol. Located in Georgia, it was built in 1807 and is the oldest standing masonry jail in Georgia. The Greene County Gaol was built for hangings to take place, and only saw one hanging during its period of use from 1807-1895. The story is that Sarah Richards of Greene County was found brutally murdered inside of her home. Her remains were charred and no clue could be obtained as to who her murderer was. 18 months later, a woman brought in a watch that was identified as to belonging to Sarah. The woman was questioned, and she said that the watch was sold to her from a man, who claimed that he had obtained it from George Copeland. Copeland ended up standing trial, and was charged with the rape and murder of Sarah Richards, and 6 months later was convicted and sentenced to hang on October 24th. The hanging took place, where Copeland was released through the trapdoor, but the rope snapped in two causing him to fall to the first floor. He was determined to be in "dying condition", and hoisted back up and re-hanged from the gallows where he was officially pronounced dead 25 minutes later. Lisa Land Cooper stated at the end of this post that while reading newspapers to uncover this story, George Copeland was identified as a freedman. She mentioned that the story was reported in 1872 and 1873, and asked the question "weren't all African Americans freedmen at the time?" In which she also stated that she finds answers to questions, but generally her answers lead to more questions. I found this post to be extremely interesting to read and learn about. History is a very important part of education, so Cooper's blog can be very beneficial to both teachers and students.