Larson, Carlton F.W.,

The trials of allegiance : treason, juries, and the American revolution / Carlton F.W. Larson. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). - Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford scholarship online. .

Also issued in print: 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

'The Trials of Allegiance' examines the law of treason during the American Revolution - a convulsive, violent civil war in which nearly everyone could be considered a traitor, either to Great Britain or to America. Drawing from extensive archival research in Pennsylvania - one of the main centres of the revolution - Carlton Larson provides the most comprehensive analysis yet of the treason prosecutions brought by Americans against British adherents - through committees of safety, military tribunals, and ordinary criminal trials.

Specialized.

9780190932770 (ebook) : No price


Trials (Treason)--History--Pennsylvania--18th century.
Treason--History--Pennsylvania--18th century.
Treason--History--United States--18th century.


Pennsylvania--Politics and government--1775-1783.
United States--History--Law and legislation--Criminal provisions.--Revolution, 1775-1783

KF221.P6 / L37 2019

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