Colonial Law in America: Crime and Punishment
Forty lashes for committing adultery? Children taken from their parents for being unruly? Loss of an ear - or even your life -- for stealing? These were the harsh punishments doled out for such crimes in Colonial America during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Learn what happened to horse thieves and Sabbath breakers or people engaging in idleness in the thirteen original colonies. Accomp[Bokinfo]
GenresLawHistory17th century18th centuryUnited StatesColonial period, ca. 1600-1775
127 pages
English edition · First published 2011 by Schiffer Publishing · ISBN 9780764337802
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