The Sewing Girl's Tale
A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America
New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2022.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 365 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Prologue -- Rescue -- Mother Carey -- Daylight -- The rake -- The pilot -- Gatekeepers -- The Prosecutrix -- Closing arguments -- Outrage -- Seduction -- Recovery -- Epilogue.
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.
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
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-347) and index.