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Hannah Ocuish (sometimes "Occuish"; March 1774 – December 20, 1786) was a 12-year old Pequot Native American girl, possibly with an intellectual disability, who was hanged on December 20, 1786, in New London, Connecticut, for the murder of Eunice Bolles, the 6-year-old daughter of a wealthy farmer.
13 giu 2024 · A 12-year-old girl, Hannah Ocuish, was executed for murder in 1786. Though she confessed to killing six-year-old Eunice Bolles, questions have persisted about whether her prosecution was fair. Was it justice or racism?
29 lug 2015 · Today, the crimes of Hannah Ocuish would be readily explained, if not outright forgiven. Her childhood incorporated all the clichés and every demographic of the youthful offender: poverty ...
20 dic 2021 · Hannah Ocuish was an orphan. Believed to suffer from a mental disability, she lived her life shuttled through a series of foster homes. In June of 1786, Eunice Bolles accused Hannah of stealing strawberries during a harvest.
On December 20, 1786, Hannah Ocuish, a Native American, was hanged in Connecticut for the murder of another child. She was the youngest girl to be executed in America, at just 12 years and 9 months old.
20 dic 2018 · Today in 1786, in the town of New London, Connecticut, twelve-year-old Hannah Occuish was hanged after bring found guilty of the capital crime of murdering a six-year-old girl. Hannah's execution marked the tragic end to a short life full of trials and tribulations.
7 nov 2021 · The young woman was actually not a woman at all, but a 12-year-old “moderately retarded” Pequot Nation Native American girl, named Hannah Ocuish.
