Naked Quaker True Crimes and Controversies from the Courts of Colonial New England

Name: Naked Quaker True Crimes and Controversies from the Courts of Colonial New England
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ISBN: 9781933212579

ISBN-10: 1933212578

ISBN-13: 9781933212579

Edition: 2007

Authors: Diane Rapaport

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On court days in colonial New England, folks gathered from miles around to listen as local magistrates convened to hear cases. In the abundant records extant from these hearings, we experience the passions and concerns of ordinary people, often in their own words, more than three centuries after the emotion-charged events that brought them to court. Rapaport is a lawyer and historian who, by drawing on these court records, has created an award-winning column for New England Ancestors, the journal of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Some of the twenty-five true stories in The Naked Quaker were previously published there; others are new to this volume. Rapaport's topics include:…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Applewood Books
Publication date: 10/1/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 145
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Diane Rapaport, a former trial lawyer, has made a new career as an author and speaker, bringing history to life with true stories from early New England court records.



Preface


Introduction


Witches and Wild Women


Coupling


Parents and Youth


Tavern Tales


Slaves and Servants


Neighbor Versus Neighbor


Sunday Meeting


Frontier Justice


Offshore Antics


Lawyers and Judges


Notes


Illustration Sources


Bibliography


Index