10 Weird Common Practices in Colonial America in the Early History

In the mid-eighteenth century, prior to the events of the American Revolution, about one of every three young women who walked down the aisle to marry did so while with child, according to extant court and parish records. This rate varies but slightly among the colonies, whether Puritan New England, Quaker Philadelphia or genteel Charleston. … Continue reading 10 Weird Common Practices in Colonial America in the Early History