The Search For Sexual Freedom
August, 1989
"In 1650, young Samuel Terry of Springfield, Massachusetts, distressed his neighbors when, during the Sabbath sermon, he stood outside the meeting house 'chafing his yard to provoak lust.' Several lashes on the back may have dissuaded him from masturbating in public again, but in 1661, Samuel Terry endured another punishment for sexual misconduct. Now married, his bride of five months gave birth to their first child, clear evidence that the pair had indulged in premarital intercourse. A fou...
