1. Crime in Early Massachusetts
... literally. Nevertheless Colonial Massachusetts proves to have been a place for persecution, guilty or not, and a place to affirm power and the interpretation of God's law. The free fruition of such liberties Immunities and priveledges as humanitie, civilitie, and christianitie call for as due to every ... The settlers in Massachusetts looked upon themselves as moral and religious people. Yet, there were many wrongdoers in the new colony. They had a strict moral code and violators were handed bizarre punishments. With every crime imaginable there was a harsh punishment to follow, weather ...
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