A book on tortures inflicted by Church and State.
First published in 1896, this is a catalog of early American crimes and their penalties, with chapters on the pillories, stocks, the scarlet letter, the ducking stool, discipline of authors and books (egad!), and other horrifying examples of ways in which those who transgressed the laws of Colonial America were made to pay for their sins. This strange book will fascinate anyone interested in crime and punishment and the never-ending saga of man's inhumanity to man.
First published in 1896, this is a catalog of early American crimes and their penalties, with chapters on the pillories, stocks, the scarlet letter, the ducking stool, discipline of authors and books (egad!), and other horrifying examples of ways in which those who transgressed the laws of Colonial America were made to pay for their sins. This strange book will fascinate anyone interested in crime and punishment and the never-ending saga of man's inhumanity to man.
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