The Trial and Execution of Mark and Phillis, Slaves of Capt. John Codman - Abner Cheney Goodell
Автор: | Abner Cheney Goodell |
Издательство: | Bookwire |
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Жанр произведения: | Документальная литература |
Год издания: | 0 |
isbn: | 4064066393700 |
The Trial and Execution of Mark and Phillis, Slaves of Capt. John Codman is a record from the trial of two slaves who murdered their master at Charlestown, Massachsetts, in 1755. The outcome of the trial was the death sentence for both; the man was hanged and gibbeted, and the woman was burned to death. The record also includes few other cases of punishments by burning in Massachusetts.