All posts tagged "capital punishment"
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6.8KBusiness and LaborSix New England Places To Learn About Irish History
Outside of Ireland, New England may be one of the best places to explore Irish history. After all, many people of Irish...
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9.3K3ConnecticutUnequal Justice for the Gay Puritans of New Haven Colony
Gay Puritans in 17th century New Haven Colony were better off with money than without. Without wealth or social standing, they could...
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10.2K2bostonRachel Wall, New England’s Only Lady Pirate
Rachel Wall was hanged in Boston in 1789 for stealing a bonnet, but she wanted to be hanged as a pirate. She...
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7.2K6Crime and ScandalLightfoot and Thunderbolt – The Last New England Highwaymen
In July of 1816, Michael Martin encountered an odd clergyman at a tavern in his native Ireland. The cleric dazzled him with...
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7.0KCrime and Scandal‘She Meant to Wrong Me’ – The Trials of Joseph Buzzell
In the tiny New Hampshire town of Brookfield in 1874, everyone thought Joseph Buzzell got away with murder. But any way you...
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6.8K4Crime and ScandalMary Rogers Brings the Capital Punishment Wars to Vermont
In 1905, Mary Rogers faced the hangman’s noose for murdering her husband. There was virtually no doubt of her guilt. But as...
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85.5K32ConnecticutWay More Than the Scarlet Letter: Puritan Punishments
In their rigid enforcement of community standards, New England’s Puritan punishments often often included the bilbo, the cleft stick, the brand, the ear...
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11.4K13Crime and ScandalThe Murder of Amasa Sprague, and the Irishman Persecuted for the Crime
On a cold and snowy New Year’s Eve in 1843, Amasa Sprague finished a large family dinner in his Cranston, R.I., mansion...
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7.0K1Crime and ScandalNewport Pirate Charles Gibbs: 10 Stories We Never Knew
Newport pirate Charles Gibbs, hanged in 1831 in New York, was undoubtedly a nasty piece of work. As some historians pointed out,...
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