Austin Raetz, PhD
@austinraetz.bsky.social
early modern England; history of sexuality. I research male-on-male sexual violence. Cornell University (2025)
The earliest reference I’ve found is 1761, a court martial of the British royal navy: when a free Black sailor found a man named George Newton sodomizing Thomas Finley (aged 13), “I asked him what he had got there, he said Cunt”
I’m happy to share the reference!
I’m happy to share the reference!
June 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The earliest reference I’ve found is 1761, a court martial of the British royal navy: when a free Black sailor found a man named George Newton sodomizing Thomas Finley (aged 13), “I asked him what he had got there, he said Cunt”
I’m happy to share the reference!
I’m happy to share the reference!