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Argumentative Essay On Mary Surrattor

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This argumentative essay is about mary surratt & mary was a normal housewife with a few friends. John wilkes booth was a friend of mary’s & he was set on a mission to kill the president of the united states because he was a confederate & the united states won the battle against the confederates so that made booth furious & enraged. I don’t think Mary should have been hanged for her crimes of helping booth with hiding some guns and binoculars in a tavern because she only thought that she was helping a friend with a few errands. Even though mary 's name wasn 't on the letter she still got tried for her crimes. Mary surratt should have been truthful when the cops came to her house & maybe then she might have gotten off a little easier than

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