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Reflections on the way to the gallows
http://libcom.org/history/reflections-way-gallowsDate Written: 2017-05-10 Publisher: Libcom.org Year Published: 2017 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX20912 A record from a short prison diary kept by Japanese anarchist and feminist Kanno Sugako prior to her execution in 1911 for her part in a plot to assassinate the Emperor. Abstract: -- Excerpt: In the women's prison in Tokyo. January 18, 1911. Cloudy. Needless to say, I was prepared for the death sentence. My only concern day and night was to see as many of my twenty-five fellow defendants saved as possible. |