| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 404 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Treason in colonial Pennsylvania -- Resistance and treason, 1765-1775 -- Treason against America, 1775-1776 -- From independence to invasion, 1776-1778 -- The winding path to the courthouse, 1778 -- The Philadelphia treason trials, 1778-1779 : forming the jury -- The Philadelphia treason trials, 1778-1779 : trial and deliberation -- Resentment and betrayal, 1779-1781 -- Peace, the constitution, and rebellion, 1781-1800 -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
Although we tend to think of the American Revolution as an act of treason against Great Britain (which it was), revolutionary Americans regularly employed the law of treason against those people perceived as aiding the British. But, in revolutionary Pennsylvania, juries did something astonishing; they regularly acquitted people accused of treason. The Trials of Allegiance explains why: the juries were carefully selected in ways that benefited the defendants, and jurors did not believe that the death penalty was the appropriate punishment for treason. The American Revolution, unlike many others |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed April 27, 2020) |
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Trials (Treason) -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 18th century
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Treason -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 18th century
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Treason -- United States -- History -- 18th century
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Politics and government
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Treason
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Trials (Treason)
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Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85099535
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Law and legislation -- Criminal provisions
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Pennsylvania
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780190932770 |
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0190932775 |
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9780190932763 |
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0190932767 |
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