Project Gutenberg 2010-09-27 Public domain in the USA. 503 Earle, Alice Morse 1851 1911 Earle, Mary Alice Morse Curious Punishments of Bygone Days Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curious_Punishments_of_Bygone_Days Produced by Mark C. Orton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Curious Punishments of Bygone Days" by Alice Morse Earle is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book explores various punishments used in earlier societies, focusing particularly on colonial America. It delves into the mechanisms of punishment, such as stocks, pillories, and more grotesque instruments like the ducking stool, reflecting societal attitudes towards crime, punishment, and public humiliation. The opening of the book presents a foreword where Earle outlines her motivations for writing, suggesting that while the topic is not pleasant, it bears a curiosity that connects the past to the present. Earle emphasizes the public nature of punishments in historical context, highlighting how they served to humiliate offenders as a deterrent. The discussion begins with the bilboes, a form of restraint for public shaming used against various offenders in colonial America, illustrating a society where personal honor and public perception were deeply intertwined, often resulting in severe and humiliating punishments for what might be considered minor offenses by today's standards. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 60.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Punishment -- United States -- History -- 17th century Punishment -- United States -- History -- 18th century HV Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Category: History - Other Category: History - American 201801 2025-06-14T04:31:40.320999 text/html 203380 2021-01-07T01:36:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 910403 2021-01-07T01:36:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 882901 2025-06-14T04:31:48.119979 application/epub+zip 883340 2025-06-14T04:31:44.029038 application/epub+zip 147987 2025-06-14T04:31:42.611983 application/epub+zip 1039609 2025-06-14T04:31:51.003947 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1018808 2025-06-14T04:31:47.169001 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 265650 2022-09-15T13:01:59.666714 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 178900 2025-06-14T04:31:39.723999 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 178792 2021-01-07T01:36:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 71247 2021-01-07T01:36:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 178782 2021-01-07T01:36:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 71226 2021-01-07T01:36:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20623 2025-06-14T04:31:51.159954 application/rdf+xml 16158 2025-06-14T04:31:43.190029 image/jpeg 3864 2025-06-14T04:31:42.902983 image/jpeg 1146018 2025-06-14T04:31:40.381998 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia