The Hanging of Ephraim Wheeler

The Hanging of Ephraim Wheeler

A Story of Rape, Incest, and Justice in Early America

by Richard D. Brown, Irene Quenzler Brown

388 pages· 2003· ISBN 9780674010208
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In 1806, Ephraim Wheeler was hanged in Lenox, Massachusetts, for the rape of his 13-year-old daughter. Using the trial report to illuminate this slice of history, the authors explore issues of family violence, poverty, gender, race, class, religion and capital punishment, revealing similarities between death penalty politics in America today and 200 years ago. 14 halftones.

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