Brownrigg

Elizabeth Brownrigg and her family abused their child servants. Source: JPRFphotos / Adobe Stock.

5 November, 2019 - 23:02 B. B. Wagner

Elizabeth Brownrigg: Child Abuse and Murder in the 18th Century

On the morning of Monday, September 14th, 1767, in the Tyburn Gallows , a 47 year-old Elizabeth Brownrigg stood in a cart awaiting her execution by a noose. So great was the uproar from angry crowds...