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The Hanging of Ephraim Wheeler: A Story of Rape, Incest, and Justice in Early America
The Hanging of Ephraim Wheeler A Story of Rape Incest and Justice in Early America
Author: Irene Quenzler Brown, Richard D. Brown
In 1806 an anxious crowd of thousands descended upon Lenox, Massachusetts, for the public hanging of Ephraim Wheeler, condemned for the rape of his thirteen-year-old daughter, Betsy. Not all witnesses believed justice had triumphed. The death penalty had become controversial; no one had been executed for rape in Massachusetts in more than a quar...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780674010208
ISBN-10: 0674010205
Publication Date: 4/30/2003
Pages: 388
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Publisher: Belknap Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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