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The hanging of Ephraim Wheeler a story of rape, incest, and justice in early America /

Main Author: Brown, Irene Quenzler.
Other Authors: Brown, Richard D.
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2003.
Physical Description: 388 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Subjects:
Wheeler, Ephraim.
Rape -- Massachusetts -- Berkshire County -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies.
Incest -- Massachusetts -- Berkshire County -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies.
Hanging -- Massachusetts -- Lenox -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies.
Dysfunctional families -- Massachusetts -- Berkshire County -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies.
Interracial marriage -- Massachusetts -- Berkshire County -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies.
Capital punishment -- Massachusetts -- Berkshire County -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies.
Berkshire County (Mass.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Berkshire County (Mass.) -- Social conditions -- 18th century.

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