The Trial and Execution, for Petit Treason, of Mark and Phillis, Slaves of Capt. John Codman (eBook)

Record of a Trial for a Case of Murder, Committed by Two Slaves

Abner Cheney Goodell (Autor)

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2020
43 Seiten
e-artnow (Verlag)
406-406639885-9 (EAN)

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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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.7.2020
• Verlagsort: Prague
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Neuzeit bis 1918
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Schlagworte: 18th century New England • American colonial era • Between the World and Me • Born Survivors • Capital punishment • historical crime • Legal History • legal punishment • Legal system • Slave Rebellion • Social commentary • Social Justice • Stamped from the Beginning • The Pale-Faced Lie • The Pioneers • The Radium Girls • the souls of black folk • The Warmth of Other Suns • Twelve years a slave • WHITE FRAGILITY