We are delighted to share this post by Krista Kesselring, Professor of History at Dalhousie University. It originally appeared on the Legal History Miscellany blog on 10 January 2017.
A Proposal to Enslave Petty Offenders (1621)
Month: January 2017
Imprisoned without Trial: Remembering John Bernardi
As America says goodbye to a president who promised but failed to close Guantánamo, and prepare to inaugurate one who says he wants to “load it up with some bad dudes” we would do well to remember John Bernardi. As suggested by the title of his Short History of the Life of Major John Bernardi, … Continue reading Imprisoned without Trial: Remembering John Bernardi
Early Modern Prisons 