The Trial and Execution, for Petit Treason, 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.
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Abner Cheney Goodell. The Trial and Execution, for Petit Treason, of Mark and Phillis, Slaves of Capt. John Codman
The Trial and Execution, for Petit Treason, of Mark and Phillis, Slaves of Capt. John Codman
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THE TRIAL AND EXECUTION. OF. MARK AND PHILLIS, In 1755
[Coroner’s Inquest.]
[Examination of Quaco.]
[Mittimus against Robin.]
[Examination of Phillis.]
[Examination of Mark.]
[Bill of Indictment.]
[Record of the Case.]
[Writ of execution, or death-warrant.]
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Abner Cheney Goodell
Record of a Trial for a Case of Murder, Committed by Two Slaves
