Another method used during this time frame was pressing. This is where the condemned is laid out on a flat rock and more rocks are added on top of them until they are crushed to death. This was done to a man during a mass execution of 20 people was carried out in 3 separate dates in the summer and fall of 1692 for the crime of witchcraft. Other members of the group included women and children. Most of them were hung, but other methods were used (BLACKMAN & MCLAUGHLIN, 2004). This method was also used for one of the accused witches in Salem.
Between the time of 1700 to mid-1800 the country grew, became industrialized and advances were made on medical topics. As more states were added the east began to limit the number of crime that would result …show more content…
These individuals were seen as property and were treated as much by their owners and in some cases the government. When a slave ran away they would either be returned to their owner or they could be killed as an example. There were cases of a female slave killing her owner's’ family and when caught was executed for the crime, but the state paid the owner of the women six hundred dollars for depriving him of his property. A number of the executions that were done by slave owners never went through the courts and was considered legal to perform. Those slaves who committed a crime and were caught and sentenced to death often saw some of the largest crowds gather to witness the executions.
In cases where women were pregnant at the time of their sentenced execution it was common practice to wait until after the child was born to perform the execution. This was done so that the life of the child could be saved and would not be killed for the actions of the mother. Generally right after the baby is born and the mother is able to stand the sentence is carried out. The child is either handed over to a member of the woman's family or to the
Between the time of 1700 to mid-1800 the country grew, became industrialized and advances were made on medical topics. As more states were added the east began to limit the number of crime that would result …show more content…
These individuals were seen as property and were treated as much by their owners and in some cases the government. When a slave ran away they would either be returned to their owner or they could be killed as an example. There were cases of a female slave killing her owner's’ family and when caught was executed for the crime, but the state paid the owner of the women six hundred dollars for depriving him of his property. A number of the executions that were done by slave owners never went through the courts and was considered legal to perform. Those slaves who committed a crime and were caught and sentenced to death often saw some of the largest crowds gather to witness the executions.
In cases where women were pregnant at the time of their sentenced execution it was common practice to wait until after the child was born to perform the execution. This was done so that the life of the child could be saved and would not be killed for the actions of the mother. Generally right after the baby is born and the mother is able to stand the sentence is carried out. The child is either handed over to a member of the woman's family or to the