Wicked Litchfield County
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Wicked Litchfield County

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Wicked Litchfield County

About this book

Thieves, rumrunners and rapscallions all color the unsavory side of Litchfield County history. Townspeople accused women of witchcraft simply for not bearing enough children in the early days of the region. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Owen Sullivan and William Stuart took advantage of the county's isolated stretches and a currency shortage to build counterfeiting empires. In 1780, Barnett Davenport's brutal actions earned him infamy as the nation's first mass murderer. Small-time speakeasies slowly took hold, and the omnipresence of alcohol-fueled crime led to the birth of the nationwide prohibition movement. Local historian Peter C. Vermilyea explores these and other devilish tales from the seedier history of Litchfield County.

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Information

Publisher
The History Press
Year
2016
eBook ISBN
9781625857361
Edition
0
Topic
History
Subtopic
Social Science Biographies
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Introduction
  9. 1. Litchfield County’s Witches
  10. 2. Counterfeiting
  11. 3. Gallows Lane: Crime and Punishment in Litchfield County
  12. 4. Temperance and Intemperance
  13. 5. Slavery in Litchfield County
  14. 6. Military Malfeasance
  15. 7. Ministerial Misadventures
  16. Epilogue
  17. Works Consulted
  18. About the Author

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