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Witches, wife beaters, and whores, common law and common folk in early America, Elaine Forman Crane

Label
Witches, wife beaters, and whores, common law and common folk in early America, Elaine Forman Crane
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Witches, wife beaters, and whores
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
708243813
Responsibility statement
Elaine Forman Crane
Sub title
common law and common folk in early America
Table Of Contents
In Dutch with the neighbors : slander "in a well regulated Burghery" -- Bermuda triangle : witchcraft, Quakers, and sexual eclecticism -- "Leave of[f] or else I would cry out murder" : the community response to family violence in early New England -- Cold comfort : race and rape in Rhode Island -- He would "shoot him upon the spott" : the eviction of Samuel Banister -- A ghost story
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