The trials of allegiance : treason, juries, and the American revolution / Carlton F.W. Larson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Larson, Carlton F. W., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trials (Treason)--Pennsylvania--History--18th century.

Trials (Treason).

Treason--Pennsylvania--History--18th century.

Treason.

Treason--United States--History--18th century.

Pennsylvania--Politics and government--1775-1783.

Pennsylvania.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Law and legislation--Criminal provisions.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (425 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.

Summary:

'The Trials of Allegiance' examines the law of treason during the American Revolution - a convulsive, violent civil war in which nearly everyone could be considered a traitor, either to Great Britain or to America. Drawing from extensive archival research in Pennsylvania - one of the main centres of the revolution - Carlton Larson provides the most comprehensive analysis yet of the treason prosecutions brought by Americans against British adherents - through committees of safety, military tribunals, and ordinary criminal trials.

Contents:

Introduction

Treason in colonial Pennsylvania

Resistance and treason, 1765-1775

Treason against America, 1775-1776

From independence to invasion, 1776-1778

The winding path to the courthouse, 1778

The Philadelphia treason trials, 1778-1779 : forming the jury

The Philadelphia treason trials, 1778-1779 : trial and deliberation

Resentment and betrayal, 1779-1781

Peace, the constitution, and rebellion, 1781-1800

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 30, 2019).

Also issued in print: 2019.

ISBN:

0-19-093276-7

0-19-093277-5

0-19-093275-9