Forms of Puritan Punishments
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Stocks/Pillories
-stocks held feet
-pillories held feet and head
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Stocls and Pillories
stocks meant to hold feet
criminal usually placed in public
bystanders mocked, threw small objects
pillories only trapped the criminal's head and wrists and they would stand upright
pillories = stocks on a post
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How Puritan Punishments Work
Stocks and Pillories
The Ducking Stool
Wearing Letters
Public Shaming
In More Extreme Cases...
Bibliography