Curious Punishments of Bygone Days

Curious Punishments of Bygone Days
Alice Morse Earle, american historian and author (1851-1911)

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Table of Contents
-01- About this book
-02- FOREWORD
-03- THE BILBOES
-04- THE DUCKING STOOL
-05- THE STOCKS
-06- THE PILLORY
-07- PUNISHMENTS OF AUTHORS AND BOOKS
-08- THE WHIPPING POST
-09- THE SCARLET LETTER
-10- BRANKS AND GAGS
-11- PUBLIC PENANCE
-12- MILITARY PUNISHMENTS
-13- BRANDING AND MAIMING