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Sweet, John Wood, 1966- author.
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Bedlow, Henry, 1767-1838 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Sawyer, Lanah, approximately 1776-
Trials (Rape) -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 18th century.
Rape -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 18th century.
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The sewing girl's ta...
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The sewing girl's tale : a story of crime and consequences in Revolutionary America / John Wood Sweet.
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Sweet, John Wood, 1966- author.
New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2022.
Subjects
Bedlow, Henry, 1767-1838 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Sawyer, Lanah, approximately 1776-
Trials (Rape) -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 18th century.
Rape -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 18th century.
ISBN:
9781250761965 (hardcover) :
1250761964 (hardcover)
Description:
365 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Contents:
Prologue -- Rescue -- Mother Carey -- Daylight -- The rake -- The pilot -- Gatekeepers -- The prosecutrix -- Closing arguments -- Outrage -- Seduction -- Recovery -- Epilogue.
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"A riveting historical drama that tells the story of the first rape trial on record in American history and the fault lines of class privilege and gender bias that it exposed, showing how much has changed over two centuries and how much has not"--
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 courtroom drama and a relentless struggle for vindication that threatened both Lanah's and her assailant's lives. The trial exposed a predatory sexual underworld, sparked riots in the streets, and ignited a vigorous debate about class privilege and sexual double standards. Sweet takes us from a chance encounter in the street, and shows that if our laws and our culture were changed by a persistent young woman and the power of words two hundred years ago, they can be changed again. - adapted from jacket
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Hawaii State Library
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