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“that Barbarous Crew”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cronica reports that “Indians” are not allowed in Boston<\/a> unless they are incarcerated. The law in question dates from 1675.<\/p>\n

Commenters raise a question: could the law mean that Dr. Patel the internist should be thrown into prison? “Original intent” would have to be examined.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“that Barbarous Crew” Cronica reports that “Indians” are not allowed in Boston unless they are incarcerated. The law in question dates from 1675. Commenters raise a question: could the law mean that Dr. Patel the internist should be thrown into prison? “Original intent” would have to be examined.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s6xQTg-438","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":492,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=492","url_meta":{"origin":438,"position":0},"title":"Appeals court upholds Wiccan parentsAn\u2026","author":"Chas S. 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