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April Wilder

Famous Trials - UMKC School of Law - Prof. Douglas Linder - 0 views

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  • April Wilder on 01 Aug 09
     
    Descriptions of famous trials throughout history. They include primary source material and transcripts of the proceedings when available. It starts with the trial of Socrates in 399 B.C. and ends with the trial of Moussaoui in 2006. Trials include Lizzie Bordan, Haymarket, Salem witch trials, Amistad, and John Brown.
Bob Maloy

* 17th Century New England * - 7 views

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  • Bob Maloy on 08 Oct 09
     
    Historical materials on 17th century New England, including the Salem Witchcraft Trials.
Mr Maher

The First Decades of the Massachusetts Bay; or Idleness, Wolves, and a Man Who Shall No... - 6 views

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US I Unit 1 - Colonization

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  • In November 1630, John Baker was “whipped for shooteing att fowle on the Sabboth day”; and in June 1631, it was ordered that Phillip Ratliffe should be whipped, have his ears cut off, and be banished “for vttering mallitious and scandulous speeches against the goumt. & the church of Salem.
  • The inattention paid in the official record to women or indigenous land compels us to force open gaps and bring alternative narratives to light. Without this work, John Winthrop’s will be the only story told in textbooks about this country’s colonial history.
  • The Puritan freemen may have the loudest voices in the archive, but theirs are not the only narratives being told.
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  • In fact, deviations from moral norms receive some of the harshest punishments, such as in October 1631, when the court determined that to copulate with another man’s wife was punishable by death.
  • Mr Maher on 18 Sep 17
     
    When historians look through more evidence they come to understandings that students never get to see becuase their teachers may only rely on the evidence that is part of the liturgy of the US History narrative canon. In this instance, routine court records will tell us much more about puritan Massachusetts than a John Winthrop sermon.
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