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020			_a9781101871713 _q(hardcover) : _c$29.00
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092			_a364.1523 _bP359
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100	1		_aPearl, Tobey, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aTerror to the wicked : _bAmerica's first trial by jury that ended a war and helped to form a nation / _cTobey Pearl.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bPantheon Books, _c[2021]
264		4	_c©2021
300			_axiv, 264 pages : _billustrations, map ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 249-251) and index.
520			_a"A brutal killing, an all-out manhunt, and a riveting account of the first murder trial in U.S. history--set in the 1600s in colonial New England against the backdrop of the Pequot War (between the Pequot tribe and the colonists of Massachusetts Bay), an explosive trial whose outcome changed the course of history, ended a two-year war, and brought about a peace that allowed the colonies to become a full-blown nation. The year: 1638. The setting: Providence, Plymouth Colony. A young Nipmuc tribesman, returning home from trading beaver pelts, is fatally stabbed in a robbery in the woods near Plymouth Colony, by a white runaway servant and fellow rogues. The young tribesman, fighting for his life, is able, with his final breaths, to reveal the details of the attack to Providence's governor, Roger Williams. A frantic manhunt by the fledgling government of Plymouth ensues, followed by the convening of the first trial, with Plymouth's governor Thomas Prence presiding as judge. The jury: local settlers (white) whose allegiance seems more likely to be with the accused than with the murdered (a native) . . . Tobey Pearl, piecing together a fascinating narrative through original research and first-rate detective work, re-creates in detail the full and startling, pivotal moment in pre-revolutionary America, as she examines the evolution of our nascent civil liberties and the role of the jury as a safeguard against injustice"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aTrials (Murder) _zNew England _xHistory _y17th century.
650		0	_aMurder _zNew England _xHistory _y17th century.
650		0	_aCriminal procedure _zNew England _xHistory _y17th century.
650		0	_aJury selection _zNew England _xHistory _y17th century.
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