Curious Punishments of Bygone Days
by Alice Morse Earle
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About this eBook
- Author
- Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911
- Credits
- Produced by Mark C. Orton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- HV: Social sciences: Social pathology, Social and Public Welfare
- Subject
- Punishment -- United States -- History -- 18th century
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 34005
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34005
- Release Date
- September 27, 2010
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Curious Punishments of Bygone Days — Curious Punishments of Bygone Days, — by — Alice Morse Earle. — The Illustrations BY FRANK HAZENPLUG
- 2.The Contents
- 3.FOREWORD.
- 4.Curious Punishments of Bygone Days — 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
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