Crime and Punishment in Early Maryland

by Raphael Semmes

Book Overview

"The subject of this book pertains to events, often unpleasant, in the domestic lives of the 17th-century Maryland colonists."--publisher's catalog description, 1938

Marylander Edward Erbery called members of the colony's proprietary assembly "rogues and puppies"; he was tied to an apple tree and received thirty-nine lashes. Jacob Lumbrozo, a Maryland Jew who suggested Christ's miracles were done by "magic," was imprisoned indefinitely,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801854245
• ISBN13: 9780801854248
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"