Front Matter
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Table of Contents
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Illustrations
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Preface
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Acknowledgments
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INTRODUCTION.: The Rhetorical History of “A Very Hard Choice”
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Settler Debauchery, Capital Punishment, and the Theater of Colonial (Dis)Order, 1683–1741
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The Paradox of a Republican Revolution Using Executions as Pedagogy, 1768–1784
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The Hanging of Abraham Johnstone and the Turning of Terror into Hope, 1797
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Enlightenment, Republicanism, and Executions, 1785–1800
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CONCLUSION.: The Hanging of John M’Kean and the Perils of Sinning in an Age of Reason
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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