Note the above is about East Anglia but still gets at my wondering from earlierhttps://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/1056539690810011648?s=19 …
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New England itself told nobles (politely) to get fucked when they demanded hereditary offices It also barred poor English from entry, BUT "For town poor, [charity] went beyond the minimum. In Salem, one man was [put in stocks] for being uncharitable to a poor man in distress."pic.twitter.com/IspNOzkiaP
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"There were strict rules of deference in this society . . . Travelers as late as the early 19C expressed astonishment at the sight of New England children who turned and bowed at the edge of the highway when their 'betters' rode by." OK see this is how you get Andrew Jackson
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". . . individual order coexisted with an institutional savagery that appeared in the burning of rebellious servants, the maiming of political dissenters, the hanging of Quakers, the execution of witches, and the crushing to death with heavy stones of [Giles Corey]."
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"In Massachusetts towns, most adults were prosecuted at least once for criminal offenses against order--commonly small Sabbath violations, minor cases of disturbing the peace, sexual offenses, idleness, lying, domestic disorder, or drunkenness." fuuuuuuuuuuuuck this place
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fear the Maenads of Marbleheadpic.twitter.com/h6VyP2E6m4
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"Massachusetts recognized 13 capital crimes in 1648: witchcraft, idolatry, blasphemy, homicide, rape, adultery, bestiality, sodomy, false witness with intent to take life, and a child of 16 or older who was a 'stubborn' or 'rebellious' son, or who 'smote' or 'cursed' a parent."
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Those all got death by hanging. Worse was punishment for the forteenth capital crime, petty treason, the killing of a master by a servant. Two people, both female black slaves natch, were burned at the stake for this.
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"Next to hanging . . . were punishments of maiming--the slitting of nostrils, the amputation of ears, the branding of the face or hands . . . Quaker women were [stripped and carried town to town to be whipped bloody] before the horrified townsmen of Salisbury" rescued them."
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