All posts tagged "arrest"
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3.6KMassachusettsStephen Higginson Tells Fish Stories To Parliament In 1771 and Gets Arrested For It
In 1771, the British government desperately needed to know how American colonists felt about fishing policies. Stephen Higginson filled them in, and...
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11.5KMassachusettsMary Bliss Parsons, the Witch of Northampton
The year 1656 wasn’t the first time Mary Bliss Parsons of Northampton was accused of witchcraft. Nineteen years later, in 1675, she...
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9.4K5MassachusettsJoseph Dyar Speaks Too Freely of the Boston Tea Party
After heaving 340 chests of tea into Boston Harbor on Dec. 16, 1773, the band of patriots who carried out the raid...
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28.9K29Crime and ScandalEmma Snodgrass, Arrested for Wearing Pants
Emma Snodgrass created a sensation in 1852 by showing up in Boston wearing pants. She was mocked, arrested and sent home to...
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11.0K13Arts and LeisureBanned in Boston No Longer: H.L. Mencken Stands Up to the Censors
H.L. Mencken in 1926 fought back against the overzealous censorship that inspired the catchphrase ‘Banned in Boston.’ He did it by getting...
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5.9K3MassachusettsMalcolm X and Martin Luther King Take a Freedom Trail Out of Boston
In 1951, Boston Evening Traveler columnist Walter Schofield began campaigning for the city to create a path taking pedestrians past milestones of...
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