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Charles C. BURLEIGH (1810 - 1878)
This 1845 publication, written by a prominent reformer of the day, argues against capital punishment from several perspectives, including historical, philosophical and biblical arguments. It is broken into 3 chapters: Expediency, Justice, and Sacred Scriptures (although it has Scripture references peppered throughout). Burleigh frequently references and argues against George B. Cheever, a prominent death penalty advocate of the time.
"If it shall thus be the means of helping on in a humble way the progress of that humane reform whose principles it advocates; and of hastening, however little, the coming of that time, when the penal statutes of a "christian" and "civilized people," shall have ceased to be written in blood, I shall be richly repaid for the time and labor spent upon this task." (Summary by TriciaG and from the preface)
Genre(s): Social Science
Play 01 Ch 1: Expediency, Part 1 Larry Wilson
Play 02 Ch 1: Expediency, Part 2 Mary in Arkansas
Play 03 Ch 1: Expediency, Part 3 Gillian Hendrie
Play 04 Ch 1: Expediency, Part 4 Gillian Hendrie
Play 05 Ch 1: Expediency, Part 5 Gillian Hendrie
Play 06 Ch 1: Expediency, Part 6 Gillian Hendrie
Play 07 Ch 1: Expediency, Part 7 TriciaG
Play 08 Ch 1: Expediency, Part 8 TriciaG
Play 09 Ch 1: Expediency, Part 9 Gillian Hendrie
Play 10 Ch 1: Expediency, Part 10 Mary in Arkansas
Play 11 Ch 1: Expediency, Part 11 Gillian Hendrie
Play 12 Ch 2: Justice, Part 1 Shasta
Play 13 Ch 2: Justice, Part 2 dunlapkw
Play 14 Ch 3: Sacred Scriptures, Part 1 Gillian Hendrie
Play 15 Ch 3: Sacred Scriptures, Part 2 Gillian Hendrie
Play 16 Ch 3: Sacred Scriptures, Part 3 Gillian Hendrie