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224 pages • first pub 1722 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9798622067044
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Publication date: 13 March 2020
Description
Moll's mother is a convict in Newgate Prison in London who is given a reprieve by "pleading her belly," a reference to the custom of staying the executions of pregnant criminals. Her mother is eventually transported to Colonial United States, and ...
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224 pages • first pub 1722 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9798622067044
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Publication date: 13 March 2020
Description
Moll's mother is a convict in Newgate Prison in London who is given a reprieve by "pleading her belly," a reference to the custom of staying the executions of pregnant criminals. Her mother is eventually transported to Colonial United States, and ...