A Rape in the Early Republic: Gender and Legal Culture in an 1806 Virginia Trial by Alexander Smyth (review)
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DOI: 10.1353/soh.2018.0109
Abstract: In 1806 John Deskins escorted Sidney Major Hanson to a justice of the peace (JP) while her husband was away on business. Hanson wanted to report a neighbor for insinuating that they had sexual relations… read more here.
Keywords: early republic; trial; hall; rape ... See more keywords