Hannah Ocuish
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Hannah Ocuish was a 12-year old Pequot Native American girl with an intellectual disability, who was hanged on December 20, 1786, in New London, Connecticut for the murder of 6-year-old Eunice Bolles.
1964 depiction of Ocuish's execution
Calico
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Calico is a heavy plain-woven textile made from unbleached, and often not fully processed, cotton. It may also contain unseparated husk parts. The fabric is coarser than muslin, but less coarse and th
Hannah Ocuish
…and Hannah had plotted revenge. Catching sight of her young enemy headed for school one morning, Hannah had lured Eunice from her path with a gift of calico, then beat and choked her to death. One day after the murder, Ocuish was accused of killing Bolles and allegedly confessed. She was arrested for and…
The weave of calico sample from a shopping bag shown against a centimetre scale
Sample of calico printed with a six-colour machine by Walter Crum & Co., from Frederick Crace Calvert, Dyeing and Calico Printing (1878)
Calico printing (1835)