Stocks at Pioneer Settlement
N 29° 10.987 W 081° 25.401
17R E 458838 N 3228348
This is located in a Pioneer Settlement in Barberville, Florida
Waymark Code: WMJ0T1
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 09/06/2013
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Stocks are devices used internationally, in medieval, Renaissance and colonial American times as a form of physical punishment involving public humiliation. The stocks partially immobilized its victims and they were often exposed in a public place such as the site of a market to the scorn of those who passed by. Since the purpose of putting offenders in the stocks was to expose them to ridicule and mockery, passers-by were encouraged to throw mud, rotten eggs, moldy fruit and vegetables, smelly fish, offal, and excrement (both animal and human) at those being punished
Type of Device: Stocks
What is the approximate age?: 01/01/1500
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Associated Website: Not listed
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