HIS 315K Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Marital Rape, Goodwife, Coverture
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She earned her living while in captive because she knows how to sew. She uses a couple of indian words in the reading. She does not stop to explain what the words mean which gives us insight that the puritans know at least some ter(cid:373)s fro(cid:373) the (cid:374)ati(cid:448)es(cid:859) language: ex: sannup spouse, ex: nux yes, ex: matchit bad/evil. Prelude: virginia, march 1629: the case of thomas(ine) hall. Hall had been indentured in england and upon arrival had announced that he was actually a woman. (thomasine instead of thomas) There was some argument about if thomas was a woman or a man even though they had examinations of his/her body. She was a seamstress in england but when her brother joined the english army, she cut off her hair and joined as a man. The court did not sa(cid:455) (cid:455)ou are a (cid:858)(cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:859) or (cid:858)(cid:449)o(cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:859) a(cid:374)d i(cid:374)stead (cid:272)reated a tra(cid:374)sge(cid:374)der (cid:272)ategor(cid:455)
