On January 14, 1806, Sidney Hanson was raped by John Deskins on a rough gravel path in the woods in Tazewell County, Virginia. In the early nineteenth century, trials for rape were rare. Scanty court records typically lacked the detail needed to reconstruct the lives of those involved and evaluate the social and physical setting of the crime. Yet the events on that fateful day in 1806 would be the exception. In A Rape in the Early Republic, Randal L. Hall reproduces the complete trial testimony of Alexander Smyth, the prosecutor for Hanson's trial. Smyth's detailed record offers a revealing glimpse into how early rape cases moved through the legal system, first at the local level and then in the state's recently created district court system. It also shows that Deskins was not the only one on trial -- Hanson's character was being scrutinized as well. Hall's introduction, rather than offering an analysis of Smyth's documents, provides important context and highlights historical themes that Hanson's situation illustrates. Featuring classroom discussion ideas and a list of suggested reading, A Rape in the Early Republic will be a valuable resource for students and scholars as well as anyone interested in gender, law, and society in the early republic.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1899 Edition.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1899 Edition.

1899. This work embraces Jesus of Nazareth's parentage, his youth, his original doctrines and works, his career as a public teacher and physician of the people - the nature of the great conspiracy against him - all the incidents of his tragic death given on spiritual authority from spirits who were contemporary mortals with Jesus while on earth. It is given through the mediumship of Alexander Smyth. Due to the age and scarcity of the original we reproduced, some pages may be spotty, faded or difficult to read.

Title: The saltworks case: the argument of Alexander Smyth before the Supreme Court of the United States.Author: Alexander SmythPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP03215200CollectionID: CTRG00-B329PublicationDate: 18290101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Includes the will of William King of Washington County.Collation: 24 p

1899. This work embraces Jesus of Nazareth's parentage, his youth, his original doctrines and works, his career as a public teacher and physician of the people - the nature of the great conspiracy against him - all the incidents of his tragic death given on spiritual authority from spirits who were contemporary mortals with Jesus while on earth. It is given through the mediumship of Alexander Smyth. Due to the age and scarcity of the original we reproduced, some pages may be spotty, faded or difficult to read.

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This work embraces Jesus of Nazareth's parentage, his youth, his original doctrines and works, his career as a public teacher and physician of the people - the nature of the great conspiracy against him - all the incidents of his tragic death given on spiritual authority from spirits who were contemporary mortals with Jesus while on earth. It is given through the mediumship of Alexander Smyth. Due to the age and scarcity of the original we reproduced, some pages may be spotty, faded or difficult to read.