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Pillory

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December 16, 2007
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  • North Carolina in the New Nation: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the early national period (1790–1836). Topics include the development of state government and political parties, agriculture, the Great Revival, education, the gold rush, the growth of slavery, Cherokee Removal, and battles over internal improvements and reform. (Page 11.6)

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A pillory in York, England. Until the nineteenth century, criminals might be placed in the pillory for punishment and public humiliation. The top of the pillory lifts up so that the criminal’s head can be locked into the center hole and the arms into the side holes.