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- Title
"Another Instance of That Fearful Crime": The Criminalization of Infanticide in Antebellum New York City.
- Authors
Micucci, Marcela
- Abstract
The article focuses on infanticide and infant abandonment in antebellum New York City. Topics discussed include criminalization of infanticide in antebellum New York City; economic, social, and legal struggles confronting many working-class women in New York City; and history of women, and complex relationships between local and neighborhood women in New York City.
- Subjects
NEW York (N.Y.); INFANTICIDE -- Law &; legislation; ANTEBELLUM Period (U.S.); WORKING class women; SOCIAL conditions of women; SOCIAL history; HISTORY
- Publication
New York History, 2018, Vol 99, Issue 1, p68
- ISSN
0146-437X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/nyh.2018.0016