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Terror to the Wicked: America’s First Trial by Jury That Ended a War and Helped to Form a Nation
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Author:
Tobey Pearl
Publisher:
Pantheon
Date:
March 16, 2021
A little-known moment in colonial history that changed the course of America's future.
What The Reviewers Say
In Terror to the Wicked, Tobey Pearl, a lawyer and educator, focuses on an important episode in the story of colonist-Native relations.
Tobey Pearl clearly shows New England’s Native context, and for that the lawyer and first-time author deserves credit.
Lawyer Pearl’s detailed account of the nascent nation’s first murder trial in Plymouth Colony tells not only how it set precedents for future legal procedures, but also how it remains remarkably relevant to today’s struggle to ensure justice for all. Students of colonial American history and of legal history will find this engrossing. Includes a map, photographs, and bibliography..
Pearl, a lawyer by training, debuts with a painstaking yet accessible account of a consequential murder trial in 17th-century New England.
