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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 | + | 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. |
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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]