The First Published Rape Trial in American History

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Nov 3, 2022

The first published rape trial in America happened here in New York City in the 1700s, after a a seventeen-year-old seamstress charged a man with sexual assault. Author John Wood Sweet uncovers this little-known history in his new book, The Sewing Girl's Tale: A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America, which examines how this case laid the groundwork for rape cases to come.

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