Essentials of United States history . The Stocks. Pillory. 70 ESSENTIALS OF UNITED STATES HISTORY. The Pillory. was lowered and locked, holding the hands and head securely. Frequently a card was fastened to the breast of the trans-gressor, on which was a letterdenoting his offense. Whippingposts often stood by the stocksand the pillory, and these wereused as punishments for lying,swearing, selling spirits to theIndians, and other of the most peculiar penalinstruments was the duckingstool, which was used to punishscolding women. John Endicottsaw one in use in \ir- The Duck-gini
Essentials of United States history . The Stocks. Pillory. 70 ESSENTIALS OF UNITED STATES HISTORY. The Pillory. was lowered and locked, holding the hands and head securely. Frequently a card was fastened to the breast of the trans-gressor, on which was a letterdenoting his offense. Whippingposts often stood by the stocksand the pillory, and these wereused as punishments for lying,swearing, selling spirits to theIndians, and other of the most peculiar penalinstruments was the duckingstool, which was used to punishscolding women. John Endicottsaw one in use in \ir- The Duck-ginia and wrote a de- inS of it. At ye end of along arm, he said, is fixed a stool upon which the woman was fastened by cords, her gown held fast around her feete. The machine was then moved up to the edge of ye pond . . and ye woman was allowed to go down under ye water for ye space of half a minute. Massa-chusetts at first punished her scolding women by gag-ging them and setting them before their doors for all coiners and goers to gaze at. Hut this form of punishment was abando
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