Colonial Law in America

by Robert M. Reed

Book Overview

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. Accompanied by 30 postcard images, more than twenty-five...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764337807
• ISBN13: 9780764337802
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"