Witches, wife beaters, and whores common law and common folk in early America /
Crane, Elaine Forman.
Witches, wife beaters, and whores common law and common folk in early America / Elaine Forman Crane. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, (c)2011. - 1 online resource (ix, 278 pages) : illustrations.
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
9780801462733
Electronic Books.
KF394 / .W583 2011
Witches, wife beaters, and whores common law and common folk in early America / Elaine Forman Crane. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, (c)2011. - 1 online resource (ix, 278 pages) : illustrations.
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
9780801462733
Electronic Books.
KF394 / .W583 2011