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He was hanged by John Holmes, Messenger of the Court, on September 8, 1642. [2] Before Graunger's execution, following the laws set down in Leviticus 20:15 ("And if a man shall lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast"), the animals involved were slaughtered before his face and thrown into a large pit dug ...
Eliphaz Dow (1705 – May 8, 1755) [1] of Hampton Falls in the Province of New Hampshire was the first male known to have been executed in what is now the U.S. state of New Hampshire. Two women, Penelope Kenny and Sarah Simpson , had been executed in 1739.
The work depicts an on-stage drama in which two skeletons dressed in masks and women's clothing are fighting with traditional female weapons such as brooms and umbrellas. Behind them hangs a dead body described as "civet", the French description for a hare stew. In both wings extras wearing masks and carrying knives are watching the fight.
"First man to die for the flag we now hold high was a black man" is a line from Stevie Wonder's 1976 song "Black Man". [46] "Crispus Attucks, the first blasted" is a line from Nas's 2008 song "You Can't Stop Us Now". The poet John Boyle O'Reilly wrote the following poem when the monument was finally unveiled: And to honor Crispus Attucks who ...
Hanged, drawn and quartered in Wexford, Ireland as punishment for aiding the escape of James Eustace, 3rd Viscount Baltinglass and several Catholic priests from Ireland, and for refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy. [20] [21] 1 December 1581: Alexander Briant: Catholic priest, one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales [22] 20 September 1586
Samuel Wardwell (May 16, 1643 – September 22, 1692) was a man accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials of 1692. He was executed by hanging on September 22, 1692, along with Alice Parker , Martha Corey , Mary Eastey , Ann Pudeator , Mary Parker , Wilmot Redd , and Margaret Scott .
Researchers estimate there are less than 30 incorporated historic Black towns left in the United States, a fraction of more […] The post Descendants of enslaved people fight to save historic ...
John Armstrong of Langholm and Staplegorton, called Johnnie of Gilnockie, was a famous Scottish Border reiver of the powerful Armstrong family.A plunderer and raider, he operated along the lawless Anglo-Scottish Border in the early 16th century, before England and Scotland were joined by the Union of the Crowns.