Women in Early America: Struggle, Survival, and Freedom in a New WorldBloomsbury Academic, 2004 M11 23 - 495 páginas This volume fills a gap in traditional women's history books by offering fascinating details of the lives of early American women and showing how these women adapted to the challenges of daily life in the colonies. |
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... punishment used by the Puritans was the scarlet letter , immortalized by Nathaniel Hawthorne . Several New England com- munities passed laws requiring adulterers to wear let- ters signifying their crime . The Plymouth Colony statute of ...
... punishment for a tradesman of average income . He was required to post a like amount to ensure good behavior for the coming year . Impris- onment was rarely used . A man might be jailed for a day until he sobered up or his temper cooled ...
... punishment : severe whipping , an hour in the gallows , and the requirement to wear a capital I of at least two inches embroidered on their clothing for the rest of their lives . The lifetime wearing of an I was the common punishment ...
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Addictive Substances | 8 |
African American Women | 14 |
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Women in Early America: Struggle, Survival, and Freedom in a New World Dorothy Auchter Mays Vista previa limitada - 2004 |
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American Indian Chronology: Chronologies of the American Mosaic Phillip M. White Vista de fragmentos - 2006 |