Abusing Hugh Davis: Determining the Crime in a Seventeenth-Century American Morality Case.

In this article, the author argues that "Abusing Hugh Davis" may well have been sentenced for sodomy, which included a wide range of male-male sexual encounters. It mentions that the book "The Delectable Negro, Europeans" by Vincent Woodward, categorized a wide range of West African sexual practices...

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Published in:Journal of the History of Sexuality Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 117 - 148
Main Author: Willis, Alan Scot
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Published: University of Texas Press Jan2019
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