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New England's Cruel and Unusual Punishments (New England's Collectible Classics)
New England's Cruel and Unusual Punishments - New England's Collectible Classics
Author: Robert Cahill
Master and servant, Sheriff and criminal, crime and punishment. During the days of Pilgrims and Puritans in New England, there weren't many jails, and the deterrent for crime in those days was mutilation of the body - whipping, branding, cropping of ears, slitting of noses and, of course, burning at the stake and hanging to name a few. People we...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780962616297
ISBN-10: 096261629X
Publication Date: 3/1/1994
Pages: 48
Edition: Reprint
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Publisher: Old Salt Box Publishing Company
Book Type: Paperback
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