The First Published Rape Trial in American History
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All Of It
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WNYC Studios
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Publication Date |
Nov 03, 2022
Episode Duration |
00:23:14

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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