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Elizabeth Canning (September 17, 1734 - 1773) was an Englishwoman who claimed that she had been abducted and her kidnappers tried to force her to become a prostitute. She ended up being convicted for perjury.
Elizabeth Canning (September 17, 1734 - 1773) was an Englishwoman who claimed that she had been abducted and her kidnappers tried to force her to become a prostitute.  
 
She was born in the City of London and began working as a maid at the age of fifteen or sixteen. Her employer at the time of her disappearance and perjury was Edward Lyon, a carpenter. While some, such as Tobias Smollett, would describe her as an "obscure damsel of low degree," she was reported to have a good character (meaning chastity) and a strong work ethic.


She disappeared on January 1, 1753, and she reappeared on January 29, 1753 at her mother's house near St Mary Aldermanbury in London.  
She disappeared on January 1, 1753, and she reappeared on January 29, 1753 at her mother's house near St Mary Aldermanbury in London.  


Obviously she was such a notorious character that she had a dance named after her and published by [[Peter Thompson]] in one of his [[Index_to_Thompson's_200_Series|dance collections]]
She ended up being convicted for perjury. Obviously she was such a notorious character that she had a dance named after her and published by [[Peter Thompson]] in one of his [[Index_to_Thompson's_200_Series|dance collections]]





Revision as of 17:43, 18 March 2009

Elizabeth Canning (September 17, 1734 - 1773) was an Englishwoman who claimed that she had been abducted and her kidnappers tried to force her to become a prostitute.

She disappeared on January 1, 1753, and she reappeared on January 29, 1753 at her mother's house near St Mary Aldermanbury in London.

She ended up being convicted for perjury. Obviously she was such a notorious character that she had a dance named after her and published by Peter Thompson in one of his dance collections


Her full story is on Wikipedia]