| Description |
1 online resource |
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text file rda |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; The Contents; Foreword; I The Bilboes; II The Ducking Stool; III The Stocks; IV The Pillory; V Punishments of Authors and Books; VI The Whipping-Post; VII The Scarlet Letter; VIII Branks And Gags; IX Public Penance; X Military Punishments; XI Branding and Maiming. |
| Summary |
Colonial American justice was harsh with transgressors: liars were bound to the whipping-post and scolding women sentenced to the ducking stool. Derived from court records, newspapers, diaries, and letters, this illustrated volume offers authentic views of many traditional forms of chastisement. These punitive measures were taken against petty thieves, unruly servants, Sabbath-breakers, revilers, gamblers, drunkards, ballad-singers, fortune-tellers, and other offenders against the rigid social code of early America. ""Engines of punishment"" included the stocks, the pillory, the infamous scarle. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Chronological Term |
1600-1799 |
| Subject |
Punishment -- United States -- History -- 17th century.
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Punishment -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
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Punishment. |
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United States. |
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Electronic books. |
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History.
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| Added Author |
Boundless (Digital media service)
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| ISBN |
9780486780887 : $10.95 |
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0486780880 : $10.95 |
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