Item details: The sewing girl's tale : a story of crime and consequences in Revolutionary America - 48428672

The sewing girl's tale : a story of crime and consequences in Revolutionary America

text The sewing girl's tale : a story of crime and consequences in Revolutionary America

Sweet, John Wood

Summary: Summer, 1793. A crime was committed in the back room of a New York brothel-- the kind of crime that even victims usually kept secret. Instead, seventeen-year-old seamstress Lanah Sawyer charged a gentleman with rape. Her accusation sparked a raw ... Read more

Contents: Prologue -- Rescue -- Mother Carey -- Daylight -- The rake -- The pilot -- Gatekeepers -- The Prosecutrix -- Closing arguments -- Outrage -- Seduction -- Recovery -- Epilogue.

Format: text

Description: 365 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm.

Publisher: Henry Holt and Company 2022

Library	Location	Status
East Bay Branch Library	345.73 SWE in Adult Non-fiction	Reshelving

Library	Location	Status
TADL-EBB	345.73 SWE in Adult Non-fiction	Reshelving

bibliography True crime stories. History.

Bedlow, Henry 1767-1838 Trials, litigation, etc Trials (Rape) New York (State) New York History 18th century Sawyer, Lanah approximately 1776- Rape Social aspects New York (State) New York History 18th century Bedlow, Henry Sawyer, Lanah approximately 1776- Rape Social aspects Trials Trials (Rape) New York (State) New York

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