Was Mary's Execution at 14 a Capital Punishment Mistake in Early America?

In 1838, a 17-year-old enslaved girl, Mary, was led to the gallows. She had been accused of murdering the infant child of her enslaver. Or had she? Guilty, or yet another victim of an uncaring system that saw her as property and not a person?
This video"Hanged at 14: The Story of Mary, Missouri’s Youngest Executed Slave" is a representation of one sad story: that of Mary, the youngest known executed enslaved girl of Missouri, whose execution was not just a punishment but also an inhuman spectacle to put people of the antebellum South under their control.
Mary's case forces us to confront the blunt elements of slavery and injustice along with the disproportionate use of the death penalty, a legacy that continues to haunt society today.
Let the memory of Mary remind one that at all times in seeking justice, it is compassion and a call for justice to the front.
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for further reading:
William L. Andrews, Slavery and the American South
Murder and Mayhem in the Old South by Bruce E. Baker:
The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism by Edward E. Baptist.
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[@sigridbohne]

Was she 14 or 17 ?

[@fathoming-gn5dt]

Hi "SB"Mary was 14 years old at the time of her execution. The case has been a tragic example of the harsh treatment and injustices faced by enslaved people in early America. Tnx for sharing.

[@sigridbohne]

@@fathoming-gn5dt My question therefore came in the description .... :In 1838, a 17-year-old enslaved girl, Mary, was led to the gallows.
By the way, in my opinion: if she really murdering the infant child led to the gallows was ok. You also have to see it in the context of the time.